Narwhals or unicorns? Exotic animals as material culture in medieval Europe

European Journal of Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 291-313

  Pluskowski, Aleksander ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals; Exotic; Material culture; Medieval; Morphology; Narwhals; Taxonomies; Unicorns; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949810564     PISSN: 14619571     EISSN: 17412722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461957104056505     Document Type: Article

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