Ruth F. Carden
National Museum of Ireland
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Environmental Archaeology | 2016
Holly Miller; Ruth F. Carden; Jane Evans; Angela L. Lamb; Richard Madgwick; David Osborne; Robert Symmons; Naomi Sykes
The extent to which breeding populations of fallow deer were established in Roman Europe has been obscured by the possibility that the skeletal remains of the species, in particular Dama foot bones and antlers, were traded over long distances as objects in their own right. This paper sets out to refine our understanding of the evidence for the transportation of living and dead fallow deer in Iron Age and Roman Europe. To achieve this, museum archives containing purportedly early examples of Dama antler were searched, with available specimens sampled for carbon, nitrogen and strontium isotope analyses, and compared with data for archaeological fallow deer from across Europe. Importantly, the resulting isotope values can be interpreted in light of new modern baseline data for fallow deer presented here. Together these multi-isotope results for modern and archaeological fallow deer provide a more critical perspective on the transportation of fallow deer and their body parts in antiquity.
Medieval Archaeology | 2011
Naomi Sykes; Ruth F. Carden
Abstract There is a Growing recognition that introduced species are direct records of cultural activity and that studies of their biogeography have the potential to tell us about patterns of human migration, trade and even ideology. In England the fallow deer (Dama dama dama) is one of the earliest and most successful animal introductions, whose establishment has traditionally been attributed to the Normans. However, recent investigations of Old English place names have raised the possibility that the term *pohha/pocca relates to fallow deer, suggesting that the species was widely established in the Anglo-Saxon landscape. This suggestion deserves serious consideration as it has implications for our understanding both of AngloSaxon society and the impact of the Norman Conquest. This paper therefore presents a critical review of the literary, iconographic, place-name and zooarchaeological evidence for fallow deer in early medieval England and beyond.
European Journal of Wildlife Research | 2013
Allan D. McDevitt; Ruth F. Carden; Ilaria Coscia; Alain C. Frantz
Wild boars (Sus scrofa) have been increasingly sighted in the wild in Ireland during the last few years, likely due to illegal releases and/or escapees. The species has since been designated an invasive species in Ireland, which is seen as controversial by some because of uncertainties about the historic status of the species in Ireland. However, just as pertinent to the argument is the genetic purity of these individuals currently found in Ireland: are these pure wild boars? We carried out a genetic assessment of 15 wild boars shot in Ireland between 2009 and 2012 using 14 microsatellites and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). These were compared to European wild boar, domestic pig breeds and a hybrid population of ‘wild boar’ from England. Microsatellite analysis revealed that almost all the Irish individuals belonged to the ‘domestic pig’ genetic cluster, with only three individuals being classified as hybrids. All but two individuals carried Asian mtDNA haplotypes, indicating a domestic pig origin. It is clear from this study that the individuals currently found in Ireland are not pure wild boars and this result has to be factored into any management/eradication plans.
Bird Study | 2011
Allan D. McDevitt; Łukasz Kajtoch; Tomasz D. Mazgajski; Ruth F. Carden; Ilaria Coscia; Christian Osthoff; Richard H. Coombes; Faith Wilson
Capsule Although necessarily based on a small number of samples, comparisons of molecular data from the newly established Great Spotted Woodpecker populations in Ireland with those in Britain and continental Europe revealed that Britain was the more likely source area of the Irish populations.
STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research | 2016
Naomi Sykes; Gema Ayton; Frazer Bowen; Karis Baker; Polydora Baker; Ruth F. Carden; Craig Dicken; Jane Evans; A. Rus Hoelzel; Thomas Higham; Richard Jones; Angela L. Lamb; Robert Liddiard; Richard Madgwick; Holly Miller; Clare Rainsford; Peta Sawyer; Richard M. Thomas; Christopher Ward; Fay Worley
Abstract This paper presents the results of the first comprehensive scientific study of the fallow deer, a non-native species whose medieval-period introduction to Britain transformed the cultural landscape. It brings together data from traditional zooarchaeological analyses with those derived from new ageing techniques as well as the results of a programme of radiocarbon dating, multi-element isotope studies and genetic analyses. These new data are here integrated with historical and landscape evidence to examine changing patterns of fallow deer translocation and management in medieval England between the 11th and 16th century AD.
Quaternary Science Reviews | 2012
Ruth F. Carden; Allan D. McDevitt; Frank E. Zachos; Peter C. Woodman; Peter O’Toole; Hugh Rose; Nigel T. Monaghan; Michael G. Campana; Daniel G. Bradley; Ceiridwen J. Edwards
Mammalian Biology | 2009
Allan D. McDevitt; Ceiridwen J. Edwards; Peter O’Toole; Padruig O’Sullivan; Catherine O’Reilly; Ruth F. Carden
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution | 2006
Sandrine Hughes; Thomas J. Hayden; Christophe J. Douady; Christelle Tougard; Mietje Germonpré; Anthony J. Stuart; Lyudmila Lbova; Ruth F. Carden; Catherine Hänni; Ludovic Say
Journal of Archaeological Science | 2011
Naomi Sykes; Karis Baker; Ruth F. Carden; Thomas Higham; A. Rus Hoelzel; Rhiannon E. Stevens
Mammal Review | 2011
Ruth F. Carden; Caitríona M. Carlin; Ferdia Marnell; Damian Mcelholm; John Hetherington; Martin P. Gammell