The Unburnt Egg - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unburnt Egg write by Brian James Gill. This book was released on 2018-11-02. The Unburnt Egg available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Museum natural history collections have been called libraries of life. Their very purpose is to help us probe, understand and enjoy the world's astonishing biodiversity. In The Unburnt Egg Brian Gill continues his spellbinding stories from more than thirty years as a curator. Some tales are so bizarre they read like fiction: a population of ship rats decimating the entire wildlife of an island and then collapsing; birds leaving their young to be raised by other birds; frogs and lizards living in trees and flying. Others reveal the painstaking detective work involved in solving mysteries presented by police, biosecurity agencies, government departments and members of the public. Frogs' legs on sale as chicken, a feather hidden in a bag of sugar, a live boa constrictor on a street in snake-free New Zealand--it's all in a day's work. Into these stories Gill weaves as fascinating a cast of characters as you are ever likely to meet.
The Unburnt Egg
The Unburnt Egg - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Unburnt Egg write by Brian James Gill. This book was released on 2016. The Unburnt Egg available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Natural history museums contain many thousands of zoological specimens and each has a tale to tell an often involving extraordinary people, daring explorations, unquenchable scientific curiosity, and strange coincidences. This perfectly presented book, with its engaging pictures, is rich in stories and unveils many secrets. Read about: the fate of a tortoise given as a gift by Captain Cook - the epic international voyage of the biggest known moa egg - the admiration induced by an ape from the jungles of Borneo - the barn owl of mysterious origins - the unfortunate fate of an angry young elephant - the quest to discover how a New Zealand heron turned up in a Florence museum - the strange arrival of an Australian banjo frog - and many other mind-boggling mysteries.
Report of the Director
Report of the Director - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Report of the Director write by International Red Locust Control Organisation. This book was released on 1959. Report of the Director available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Bulletin
Bulletin - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Bulletin write by Trinidad. Dept. of Agriculture. This book was released on 1914. Bulletin available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides
A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides write by Niall Sharples. This book was released on 2019-12-19. A Norse Settlement in the Outer Hebrides available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The settlement at Bornais in the Western Isles of Scotland is one of the largest rural settlements known from the Norse period in Britain. It spans the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century AD when the Atlantic seaboard was subject to drastic changes. The islands were systematically ravaged by Viking raiders and then colonised by Norse settlers. In the following centuries the islanders were central to the emergence of the Kingdom of Man and the Isles, played a crucial role in the development of the Lordship of the Isles and were finally assimilated into the Kingdom of Scotland. This volume explores the stratigraphic sequence uncovered by the excavation of Bornais mounds 2 and 2A. The excavation of mound 2 revealed a sequence of high status buildings that span the Norse occupation of the settlement. One of these houses, constructed at the end of the eleventh century AD, was a well preserved bow-walled longhouse and the careful excavation and detailed recording of the floor layers has revealed a wealth of finds that provides invaluable insight into the activities taking place in this building. The final house in this sequence is very different in form and use, and clearly indicates the increasing Scottish influence on the region at the beginning of the thirteenth century. The excavation of mound 2A provides an insight into the less prestigious areas of the settlement and contributes a significant amount of evidence on the settlement economy. The area was initially cultivated before it became a settlement local and throughout its life a focus on agricultural activities, such as grain drying and processing, appears to have been important. In the thirteenth century the mound was occupied by a craftsman who produced composite combs, gaming pieces and simple tools. The evidence presented in this volume makes a major contribution to the understanding of Norse Scotland and the colonisation of the North Atlantic in a period of dramatic transformations.
