Birds in the Ancient World : Winged Words / Mynott, Jeremy

By:

Mynott, Jeremy

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: United kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.Description: 480 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780198713654

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

598.0938 MYN

Summary: Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Book	Ranganathan Library	598.0938 MYN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	035434

Birds played an important role in the ancient world: as indicators of time, weather, and seasons; as a resource for hunting, medicine, and farming; as pets and entertainment; as omens and messengers of the gods. Jeremy Mynott explores the similarities and surprising differences between ancient perceptions of the natural world and our own.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Place hold
Print
Cite
Add to your cart (remove)
Report a concern
Send to device
More searches

Search for this title in:
Other Libraries (WorldCat) Other Databases (Google Scholar) Online Stores (Bookfinder.com) Open Library (openlibrary.org)