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These are disarticulated skeletons for comparative identification of archaeological remains. The collection now totals well over 2,200 skeletons, mostly complete, and currently stands at 350 fish, 4 amphibian, 14 reptile, 180 bird, and 67 mammal species. The majority of the skeletons are of species found in and around Europe, North Africa and the Near East.
Sources vary from roadside casualties picked up by friends and colleagues to specimens donated by the ITE, RSPCA, WWT, wildlife reserves and similar bodies. Spares are sometimes available and exchanges are welcome. To avoid monster files the data in these lists is limited, the home database contains further details of the specimens, please email if interested in a particular item - note that those with an identifier as well as a log number are unlikely to be available for exchange and that 'complete' does not imply undamaged.
It should be noted that these specimens are intended for research and are not for commercial sale. Apart from food and pest species no specimen has been intentionally killed for the collections. Indiscriminate (and usually illegal) killing has the potential for upsetting ecological balence and reducing the extraordinary and marvellous diversity we enjoy, to the detriment of all our futures, and such behaviour is not condoned.
SH-D ArchaeoZoology : page created Oct 2000