Birds in the Ancient World

Birds in the Natural World
1: The Seasons
2: Weather
3: Time
4: Soundscapes
Birds as a Resource
5: Hunting and Fowling
6: Cooking and Eating
7: Farming
Living with Birds
8: Captivity and Domestication
9: Sports and Entertainments
10: Relationships and Responsibilities
Invention and Discovery
11: Wonders: travellers' tales and tall stories
12: Medicine: folklore and science
13: Observation and Enquiry: the beginnings of ornithology
Thinking with Birds
14: Omens and Auguries
15: Magic and Metamorphosis
16: Signs and Symbols
Birds as Intermediaries
17: Fabulous Creatures
18: Messengers and Mediators
19: Mother Earth
20: Epilogue: then and now
Appendix: some bird lists from ancient sources
Biographies of authors quoted
References
Bibliography
Bibliography
Acknowledgements and picture credits

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• Aves (ornitologia)
• Animais e natureza em arte (still life, paisagens e paisagens maritimas, etc)
• História antiga: a c 500 CE
• História social e cultural