Aleks Pluskowski

Aleks Pluskowski is a Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading. His areas of research include the environmental archaeology of medieval Europe, especially zooarchaeology, ecology, biodiversity and human-animal relations.[1]

Pluskowski is the principal investigator for the European Research Council-funded project "The Environmental Impact of Conquest and Colonisation in the Medieval Baltic".[2][3][4]

Selected publications

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  • Trafford, Simon & Pluskowski, Aleks (2007). "Antichrist Superstars: The Vikings in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal". In Marshall, David W. (ed.). Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. pp. 57–73. ISBN 978-0-7864-2922-6.
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2015), "Before the werewolf trials: contextualising shape changers and animal identities in medieval north-western Europe.", in de Blécourt, Willem (ed.), Werewolf Histories, Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, ISBN 978-1137526335
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2012), The archaeology of the Prussian Crusade : holy war and colonisation, Routledge, ISBN 978-0415691710
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2012), The ritual killing and burial of animals : European perspectives, Oxbow Books, cop, ISBN 978-1842174449
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2010), "Animal Magic", in Carver, M O H; Sanmark, Alexandra; Semple, Sarah (eds.), Signals of Belief in Early England : Anglo-Saxon paganism revisited, Oxford, ISBN 978-1842177419
  • Pluskowski, Aleks, "The tyranny of the Gingerbread House : contextualising the fear of wolves in medieval Northern Europe through material culture, ecology and folklore", Current Swedish Archaeology, Current Swedish archaeology, 2005(13), s. 141-160 : ill., ISSN 1102-7355, OCLC 937345312{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2002), Medieval animals, Archaeological review from Cambridge, v. 18., Dept. of Archaeology, Cambridge University, OCLC 52066056

References

  1. ^ "Dr Aleks Pluskowski". University of Reading. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ^ "Ecology of Crusading". Ecology of Crusading. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. ^ Live Science (2012-12-09). "Baltic Crusades Caused Extinctions, End to Pagan Practices". Livescience.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  4. ^ "Crusades left ecological, cultural scars - LiveScience". NBC News. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2016-11-28.