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Extinctions and invasions : a social history of British fauna / edited by Terry O'Connor and Naomi Sykes.

Drawing on new research in the fields of archaeology, ecology and history, this book examines how human society, culture, diet, lifestyles and even whole landscapes were fundamentally shaped by the animal extinctions and introductions that occurred in Britain since the last Ice Age.

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Bibliographic Details
Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: O'Connor, Terry (Archaeologist), Sykes, Naomi Jane
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oakville, CT : Windgather Press ; [distributor], David Brown Book Company, ©2010.
Subjects:
Extinct animals > Great Britain > History.
Introduced animals > Great Britain > History.
Animal ecology > Great Britain.
Biological invasions > Great Britain.
Human-animal relationships > Great Britain.
Animals > Adaptation > Great Britain.
Animal ecology.
Animals > Adaptation.
Biological invasions.
Extinct animals.
Human-animal relationships.
Introduced animals.
Great Britain.
History.
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Summary:Drawing on new research in the fields of archaeology, ecology and history, this book examines how human society, culture, diet, lifestyles and even whole landscapes were fundamentally shaped by the animal extinctions and introductions that occurred in Britain since the last Ice Age.
Physical Description:1 online resource (viii, 245 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-231) and index.
ISBN:1905119798
9781905119790
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Source of description: Print version record.

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