Dear Jaco,
According to Herodotus, lions greatly inconvenienced the camels that carried
army provisions during Xerxes' march through Macedonia.
I do not have the exact ref in Herodotus, but suspect I got this quote from
Hehn, 1888
Hehn, V. 1888 The wanderings of plants and animals from their first home.
London, Swan Sonnenschein
My copy of Hehn is at home, let me know if you'd like me to check this!
simon
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From: "Jaco Weinstock" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:36 PM
Subject: [ZOOARCH] holocene lions
> Hi,
>
> I seem to recall that bones of lions were found in Holocene (Neolithic,
> Bronze Age) sites in central Europe (e.g. Hungary, Bulgaria); can
> anyone point to specific sites/references? (by the way, I am only
> interested in Pre-Roman occurrences....).
>
> many thanks
>
> Jaco
>
> Dr. Jaco Weinstock
> Ancient Biomolecules Centre
> Dept. of Zoology, University of Oxford
> South Parks Road
> OX1 3PS
> UK
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