Rats as proxies for urbanism and communications in medieval northern Europe

Orton, David Clive (Principal investigator)

Archaeology

Project: Research project (funded) › Research

Status	Finished
Effective start/end date	1/10/17 → 30/09/19

Funding

THE BRITISH ACADEMY: £9,932.51

1 Article
1 Review article

Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history
Yu, H., Jamieson, A., Hulme-Beaman, A., Conroy, C. J., Knight, B., Speller, C., Al-Jarah, H., Eager, H., Trinks, A., Adikari, G., Baron, H., Böhlendorf-Arslan, B., Bohingamuwa, W., Crowther, A., Cucchi, T., Esser, K., Fleisher, J., Gidney, L., Gladilina, E. & Gol’din, P. & 39 others, Goodman, S. M., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Helm, R., Hillman, J. C., Kallala, N., Kivikero, H., Kovács, Z. E., Kunst, G. K., Kyselý, R., Linderholm, A., Maraoui-Telmini, B., Marković, N., Morales-Muñiz, A., Nabais, M., O’Connor, T., Oueslati, T., Quintana Morales, E. M., Pasda, K., Perera, J., Perera, N., Radbauer, S., Ramon, J., Rannamäe, E., Sanmartí Grego, J., Treasure, E., Valenzuela-Lamas, S., van der Jagt, I., Van Neer, W., Vigne, J. D., Walker, T., Wynne-Jones, S., Zeiler, J., Dobney, K., Boivin, N., Searle, J. B., Krause-Kyora, B., Krause, J., Larson, G. & Orton, D., 3 May 2022, In: Nature Communications. 13, 1, 13 p., 2399.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Commensal Rats and Humans: Integrating Rodent Phylogeography and Zooarchaeology to Highlight Connections between Human Societies
Puckett, E., Orton, D. C. & Munshi-South, J., 16 Mar 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Bioessays. 42, 5, p. 1-10 10 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

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11 Invited talk
2 Conference participation
2 Oral presentation
2 Public lecture
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- 1 Symposium

Reassessing the dispersal of black rats through late Iron Age and medieval northern Europe
Orton, D. C. (Speaker)
29 Aug 2024
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation
Rats as proxies for urbanism and communications in Late Antique and medieval Europe
Orton, D. C. (Invited speaker)
1 Mar 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation › Public lecture
What zooarchaeology can tell us about rats in Late Antiquity and beyond: introducing the RATTUS project
Orton, D. C. (Invited speaker)
3 Feb 2023
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk