Foxes and Badgers in Anglo-Saxon Life and Landscape

Anglo-Saxon England (c. AD 410–1066) had a diversity of wild animals, yet the majority of studies to date have focused on a select group of species. These include those considered edible, such as roe and red deer (cervids), and those now extinct in England, such as wolves and beavers. Accordingly, the roles and relations of many other wild mammal species have rarely been studied and are poorly understood. This paper explores human perceptions of, and interactions with, two native species: the fox and the badger. By drawing upon archaeological, iconographic, documentary and place-name evidence from the period, the extent to which these animals occupied the minds and lives of people is explored

Ancient history · Anglo saxon · Archaeology · Badger · Biology · Diversity (politics · Ethnology · Geography · Mammal · Roe deer · Sociology · Anthropology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Ecology and biodiversity studies · History · Medieval Literature and History

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