Disappearance Beyond Recall
A Social Context for Bronze Age Aurochs Extinction in Britain
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11003074 |
|---|---|
| Authors | C Evans (0000-0001-9203-1354), Chris Evans (0000-0002-4197-4202, University of Cambridge, corresponding author), Christopher Evans (0009-0000-5778-6858) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 81 |
| Pages | 107-123 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0079-497X • E-ISSN: 2050-2729 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ppr.2015.6 |
| OpenAlex | W2588591581 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 35 |
The interest which attaches to the history of extinct British animals can only be equalled by the regret which must be felt, by all true naturalists, at their disappearance beyond recall from our fauna (Harting 1880, 3; emphasis added). The implications of pit-deposits containing aurochs/ Bos primigenius skulls dating to the Bronze Age, found in two recent excavations in Bedfordshire are outlined. Involving a review of related findings in south-eastern England, these serve as a platform to consider the dynamics of aurochs extinction, which is held to have occurred in Britain by the middle–later centuries of the 2nd millennium bc . It should be stressed that, although consulting many ‘expert’ colleagues, this paper is not written from a faunal remains-specialist perspective. It is essentially discursive and primarily intended to highlight a significant site-recovery trend. It reflects, moreover, on issues of broad social relevance. Holocene human-induced extinctions have both an inherent curiosity and poignancy. Indeed now, faced with currently threatened mass-species loss, they can even involve – beyond regret – a sense of cumulative guilt
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Bronze Age · Context (archaeology · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Geography · Habitat · Perspective (graphical · Regret · Threatened species · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · History · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
Extinctions and Invasions
The Archaeology of the Cambridge Region
Environmentalism
Land, Power and Prestige
Etton
Animals in the Neolithic of Britain and Europe
The Aurochs and Domestic Cattle
Pits, Settlement and Deposition during the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age in East Anglia
The English Coast
Prehistoric Human and Ungulate Remains from Preston Docks, Lancashire, UK
VI.— On the more important Breeds of Cattle which have been recognised in the British Isles in successive periods, and their relation to other Archaeological and Historical Discoveries
Native Americans and the Environment
Total Archaeology’ and Model Landscapes
Bronze Age ‘Herostrats’
The Ecological Indian
The Significance of Others
IntCal13 and Marine13 Radiocarbon Age Calibration Curves 0–50,000 Years cal BP
Endangerment and Conservation Ethos in Natural and Cultural Heritage
Making time work
Where the wild things are
A miniature antler bow from a Middle Bronze Age site at Isleham, (Cambridgeshire), England
Did Neolithic farming fail? The case for a Bronze Age agricultural revolution in the British Isles
Heads and Hoofs
A barrow full of cattle skulls
Material metaphors
Communicating Climate Knowledge
| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,29 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |