Terry O'Connor

The Past and Present of Commensal Animals

Animals As Neighbors

Terence Patrick O'Connor

Animal bones are one of the most abundant types of evidence found in archaeological sites dating from pre-historic times to the Middle Ages, and they can reveal a startling amount about the economy and way of life of people in the past. This is a fascinating introduction for anyone seeking to understand how these bones can shed light on our knowledge of the past, as well as the complex relationship between human and animals. Written by one of the most respected experts in this field, and published for the first time in paperback, this book will be essential reading for archaeologists, or indeed anyone intrigued by the recreation of long lost worlds from the most insignificant-seeming fragments of animal bones.

The Archaeology of Animal Bones

The author provides a focused overview of the field, emphasizing how bones are used to study past human-animal interactions.

Taphonomic studies are a major methodological advance, the effects of which have been felt throughout archaeology. Zooarchaeologists and archaeobotanists were the first to realise how vital it was to study the entire process of how food enters the archaeological record, and taphonomy brought to a close the era when the study of animal bones and plant remains from archaeological sites were regarded mainly as environmental indicators.This volume is indicative of recent developments in taphonomic studies: hugely diverse research areas are being explored, many of which would have been totally unforeseeable only a quarter of a century ago.

new studies in vertebrate taphonomy

Biosphere to Lithosphere

Ben Lowe

Gail Mosley

A collection of modern Poetic Tales inspired by Chaucer's Canterbury Tales The poems are variously bawdy, humorous, moving, scatological and satirical There are 18 original Tales, by a range of West Yorkshire Poets, many of which have published before. It is a highly enjoyable collection, which will be performed on radio and all over the region.

Terry O'Connor

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