Unwelcome companions: ancient rats reviewed

The commensal rats — notably the black rat Rattus rattus and the brown R. norvegicus — are among mankind's most destructive and dangerous enemies, and have spread relentlessly with humans across the globe. A decade after an important ratty meeting at the Natural History Museum, London, in 1981,...

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Published in:Antiquity
Main Author: Armitage, Philip L.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1994
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spelling crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0003598x00046548 2024-09-15T18:31:53+00:00 Unwelcome companions: ancient rats reviewed Armitage, Philip L. 1994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00046548 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0003598X00046548 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antiquity volume 68, issue 259, page 231-240 ISSN 0003-598X 1745-1744 journal-article 1994 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00046548 2024-08-21T04:03:20Z The commensal rats — notably the black rat Rattus rattus and the brown R. norvegicus — are among mankind's most destructive and dangerous enemies, and have spread relentlessly with humans across the globe. A decade after an important ratty meeting at the Natural History Museum, London, in 1981, this noxious rodent pest is again reviewed. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus Cambridge University Press Antiquity 68 259 231 240
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