Animals and Archaeology in Northern Medieval Russia: Zooarchaeological Studies in Novgorod and its Region is the third book on material studies in this series on medieval Novgorod and its territory, and deals with a substantial body of animal bones that has been recovered over the last decade. The zooarchaeological evidence is discussed by the editor and a number of other British and Russian specialists looking at the remains of mammals, birds and fish. Topics discussed include diet, butchery practices, the exploitation of fur and skins, mortality patterns of mammals, and metrical analyses of a wide range of species. 394 p.

Series: The Archaeology of Medieval Novgorod

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• Mark Maltby. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset (UK).
• Mark Brisbane. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset (UK).
• Ellen Hambleton. Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Bournemouth University, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset (UK). Et al...
  
  
  
• Publication date (electronic format): 2020-04 - Oxbow Books.