Cod and Herring: The Archaeology and History of Medieval Sea Fishing
- Submitting institution
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University of Cambridge
- Unit of assessment
- 15 - Archaeology
- Output identifier
- 4407
- Type
- B - Edited book
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- Publisher
- Oxbow Books
- ISBN
- 978-1-78570-239-6
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
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- Year of publication
- 2016
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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1
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
- Yes
- Double-weighted statement
- This book results from an international research project coordinated by Barrett, with funding from the Leverhulme Trust and the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Archaeological, zooarchaeological and historical data are integrated to discover the chronology, causes and consequences of medieval sea fisheries. The book has extensive temporal and geographical coverage. It addresses both the presence and absence of human impacts on aquatic ecosystems. In addition to guiding the book’s overall agenda and content, Barrett contributes two single-authored and three senior-authored chapters, including detailed primary studies and a major work of synthesis.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- The intellectual agenda of this volume was to evaluate the chronology, causes and consequences of medieval sea fishing across much of Europe from 500 to 1550 CE. The idea was conceived by Barrett as a major output of his research funded by the Leverhulme Trust, contextualized with contributions from an international working group he coordinated as part of the Oceans Past Platform, funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). Barrett chose and commissioned the content, single-authored the introduction and the major synthetic conclusion (of over 20,000 words), and senior authored three major case study chapters (regarding the archaeological fish bone records of York, London and Poland). The York and London chapters were first-authored by post-docs working on Barrett’s Leverhulme projects but he contributed substantially to the planning, data analysis and writing. The York case study, in particular, was largely written by Barrett, drawing on extensive laboratory work and meta-analysis conducted under his supervision by first-author Harland, who completed her work as extensive lab reports. The Polish case study was co-written with Makowiecki. The London case study was co-conceived and co-authored by Orton and Barrett, with data contributions by other co-authors. A preliminary version of the London study was published in Antiquity (2015).
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- Non-English
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