Table of Contents

List of plates   Pre-decimalisation currency (obsolete from 1971)   Acknowledgements   Foreword   Introduction   1. Prehistoric Mists   2. AD 43–400+. ‘What did the Romans ever do for us’?   3. AD 400−1066. Pagans and Christians   4. AD 1066–1538. Catholics to Protestants   5. AD 1535–1740s. Reformation to r evolution   6. AD 1740s–1860s. The first Industrial Revolution   7. AD 1860–1952. Fair play   Afterword. Linking the past and the present where carp is king   References

About the Author

Alison Locker is an archaeo-zoologist who works as an independent researcher specialising in fish. Following a BSc at the Institute of Archaeology (now University College London) in 1974 when environmental archaeology was a new degree course, she completed a PhD on stored fish at Southampton University in 2000. She has analysed the fish remains from a large number of British sites of varying date and location, which led to her current research on freshwater fish.

Reviews

Alison Locker, a highly respected expert in fish remains archaeology, has assembled a valuable pioneering overview […] Freshwater fish deserves the attention of archaeologists, historians, and angling antiquaries alike.
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