Hunter's Hotpot - Animals 11

Alex and Simona are going ‘wild’ for this month’s episode. Tune in to find out more about wild animal remains in the archaeological record and what traces hunting and butchering may leave behind (some assumptions and biases MAY apply!).

Further Reading

• Binford, L.R. (1981) Bones: Ancient Men and Modern Myths. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, INC.

• O'Connor, T. (2000) The Archaeology of Animal Bones. Gloustershire: Sutton Publishing Ltd.

• Rackham, J. (1994) Interpreting the past: Animal Bones

  British Museum Press

• https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-sussex-28951148

• Fallow Deer Project

• CarHenge

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Iron Age Cattle with Pole Ax Trauma

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Mammalian Bone with Cutmarks

Contact

• Alex Fitzpatrick

  • Twitter: @archaeologyfitz

• Simona Falanga

  • Twitter: @CrazyBoneLady

• Music

  • "Coconut - (dyalla remix)"

  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UiKoouqaY