Project description
Studying old parchments to document evolution of livestock management
Parchments are made from animal skins, and when studied as a crafted biological material, they can potentially reveal the history of animal management. The EU-funded B2C project will document the biological and craft records contained in parchments to extend codicological studies. Using the rich zooarchaeological information stored in parchments, it will document the first stages in production: livestock farming and the preparation of skins. B2C will combine the craft skills read from parchments with chemical data and modern analogues to produce the first Europe-wide record of the craft dating 500–1900. The use of biocodicology will uncover information available to the scribe at the time of production, attitudes to parchment conservation, and high-resolution biological data on livestock management.
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ERC-ADG - Advanced Grant
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1165 Kobenhavn
Denmark
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1165 Kobenhavn
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1221 København K
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CB2 1TN Cambridge
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BS8 1QU Bristol
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