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Hi Jacqui
Clemens Driessen gave a really interesting presentation on the heck cattle at a British Animal Studies Network meeting in May 2012. His paper can be listened to at: http://www.britishanimalstudiesnetwork.org.uk/PastBASNMeetings/WildGlasgowMay2012.aspx
Details of their research can also be found at: http://wildexperiments.com/links-and-papers/
I hope this is of use.
Richard
From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jacqui Mulville
Sent: 05 September 2013 16:33
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Subject: [ZOOARCH] Aurochs - Past, present and future.
Hello, just a quick couple of questions
1. Does anyone know of any good accounts of the Heck Brothers work 'recreating' the aurochs in germany?
2. Where near to Cardiff/Bristol are any mounted aurochs skeletons?
3. Any good images of an aurochs, all I can find are either historic or mildly hysterical!
I visited Berlin zoo in the early 80s and saw some giant cattle (were they Heck brother aurochs) which made a great impression on me. I recently wrote a brief piece on aurochs for the film Beast of the Southern Wild. and as a result National Geographic have been in touch as they are interested in making a program on the Heck brothers.
http://cardiffsciscreen.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/aurochs-little-below-elephant-in-size.html (by the way first image is poss a bison! - next time check the images that get posted...)
Cheers for any information.
Jacqui Mulville (PhD), Reader in Bioarchaeology
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