The Rabbit and the Hare in Wales
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3452115 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Colin Matheson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1941 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 60 |
| Pages | 371-381 |
| Publication date | 1941-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003598x0001588x |
| OpenAlex | W2477807142 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
The rabbit shares one characteristic with the archaeologist-both dig into the earth. Hence the latter, contemplating some object or evidence revealed by his spade, may sometimes be viewing merely the result of the activities of a humbler but much more numerous type of excavator. Is he not warned to 'always make sure that an apparent post-hole is not a rabbit- or rat-hole'? And does not Professor James Ritchie describe the rabbit as 'a burrower and a vandal which makes short cuts through the neat layers and classifications of the excavator'? On the other hand, the rabbit's activity or lack of it may on occasion be of service; it was a long patch of virgin turf on Easton Down, untouched by rabbits or moles, which led Dr Stone in 1932 to remove the turf, thus revealing a layer of tightly packed flint nodules covering a Bronze Age urn-field. Hence no apology, we feel, is needed for an article on the rabbit in a journal primarily concerned with archaeological research; particularly as much of the article deals with the status of the rabbit in medieval times, a topic which has already figured briefly in ANTIQUITY
Ancient history · Archaeology · European rabbit · Linguistics · Object (grammar) · Rabbit (cipher) · Sociology · Classics · Computer Science · Historical Studies of British Isles · History · Medieval Literature and History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,1 |
| Citation span | 1984 - 2017 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |