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SUBMITTER: Romaniuk AA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5098993 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Romaniuk Andrzej A AA Shepherd Alexandra N AN Clarke David V DV Sheridan Alison J AJ Fraser Sheena S Bartosiewicz László L Herman Jeremy S JS
Royal Society open science 20161019 10
Rodents have important effects on contemporary human societies, sometimes providing a source of food but more often as agricultural pests, or as vectors and reservoirs of disease. Skeletal remains of rodents are commonly found in archaeological assemblages from around the world, highlighting their potential importance to ancient human populations. However, there are few studies of the interactions between people and rodents at such sites and most of these are confined to locations where rodents ...[more]