The origins of intensive marine fishing in medieval Europe: the English evidence
- J. Barrett, A. Locker, C. Roberts
- History, Environmental ScienceProceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 7 December 2004
The search for ‘pristine’ baselines regarding marine ecosystems will need to employ medieval palaeoecological proxies in addition to recent fisheries data and early modern historical records.
‘Dark Age Economics’ revisited: the English fish bone evidence AD 600-1600
- J. Barrett, A. Locker, C. Roberts
- Economics, HistoryAntiquity
- 1 September 2004
When did the market economy come to Europe? Fish might seem an unlikely commodity to throw light on the matter, but the authors use fish bones from English sites to offer a vivid account of the rise…
Interpreting the expansion of sea fishing in medieval Europe using stable isotope analysis of archaeological cod bones
- J. Barrett, D. Orton, M. Richards
- Environmental Science, History
- 1 July 2011
Detecting the medieval cod trade: a new method and first results
- J. Barrett, C. Johnstone, M. Richards
- Environmental Science
- 1 April 2008
In piscibus diversis; the Bone Evidence for Fish Consumption in Roman Britain
- R. Britain, A. Locker
- Environmental Science, HistoryBritannia
- 1 November 2007
Fish bone assemblages from 109 sites were analysed for evidence of Roman influence on fish consumption. Temporal divisions within the period were not informative, but sites were divided by region.…
The environmental evidence
- H. Keeley, E. Allison, K. Wilkinson
- Economics
- 2004
Production, Imports and Status: Biological Remains from a Late Roman Farm at Great Holts Farm, Boreham, Essex, UK
- P. Murphy, U. Albarella, M. Germany, A. Locker
- History
- 1 June 2000
Abstract Botanical and faunal remains from a 3rd–4th century AD Roman farm at the modern Great Holts Farm, Boreham have provided a picture of an agricultural system based predominantly on arable…
Stable Isotope Evidence for Late Medieval (14th–15th C) Origins of the Eastern Baltic Cod (Gadus morhua) Fishery
- D. Orton, D. Makowiecki, J. Barrett
- Environmental SciencePLoS ONE
- 16 November 2011
The data strongly support the second hypothesis, revealing widespread importation of cod during the 13th to 14th centuries, most of it probably from Arctic Norway, indicating the development of a substantial late medieval fishery.
Fish for the city: meta-analysis of archaeological cod remains and the growth of London's northern trade
- D. Orton, James Morris, A. Locker, J. Barrett
- History, EconomicsAntiquity
- 1 June 2014
The growth of medieval cities in Northern Europe placed new demands on food supply, and led to the import of fish from increasingly distant fishing grounds. Quantitative analysis of cod remains from…
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