Beiträge zu Vogelfang und Falknerei im Altertum

Lindner, Kurt

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“…What of the Roman period? Falconry proper is to be defined by the use of a glove on the falconer's wrist, and by jesses attached to the falcon's legs (Lindner 1973). This equipment is firmly attested for the first time in the 6th century AD mosaics of the so-called House of the Falconer at Argos in Greece (Akerstrom-Hougen 1974).…”

Section: Aviculture Fowling and Huntingmentioning

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The Birds of Roman Britain

Parker¹

1988

Oxford J Archaeology

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Wild birds were probably of little importance for food in Roman Britain, but there is some advantage, for ecology, conservation, archaeological reconstruction and education, in establishing a tolerably correct list of species present in Roman times. There are special problems for the recovery and identification of bird bones; on the other hand, historical and other sources are wanting for Roman Britain. There is no evidence for falconry in the Roman period; birds would be caught, for sport by lime-rods, and for food by a variety of methods. There is little definite evidence for religious use of wild birds in Roman Britain. The environment of Britain in the Roman period was, in many respects, quite similar to that of recent times, but the bird species recorded from Roman sites suggest that the landscape was rather varied, and favourable to wildlife. An up-to-date list of 94 wild species can be roughly quantified by the number of sites on which each has been found; both the more numerous species and the absentees offer some surprises, and the effect is to emphasize the Romaniration of eating habits in the province.All the material in this paper derives from the work of others, and is presented only in lieu of an author-itative account by a specialist. read drafts of the paper, made many helpful comments, and generously provided unpublished information. Enid Allison and Miranda Armour-Chelu were also generous suppliers of unpublished material. Don Bram-

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Section: Aviculture Fowling and Huntingmentioning

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“…The sport with birds which Romans evidently enjoyed was that of hunting with lime-rods (fully described by Lindner 1973). Like fishing with rod and line, this was an essentially individualistic sport of luck and skill, with the promise of something to eat at the end of it.…”

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The Birds of Roman Britain

Parker¹

1988

Oxford J Archaeology

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“…If falconry was that old, there should have been signs in the relics of Persepolis (Yazdani, 2005) and in writings from Egypt and Greece. A bas-relief possibly depicting a falconer was found in the ruins of Khosabad (c.1700 bc), but Lindner (1973) concluded from many mosaics and writings that raptors were used by Greek and early Roman citizens for fowling (e.g. to attract mobbing birds down to nets or twigs covered with bird-lime, and in Thrace by fl ying raptors to frighten birds down into nets at ground level) but not for falconry.…”

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“…to attract mobbing birds down to nets or twigs covered with bird-lime, and in Thrace by fl ying raptors to frighten birds down into nets at ground level) but not for falconry. Falconry reached Japan in the 3rd century ad and Europe with the Vandals in the fourth (Lindner, 1973). It thrived in early Muslim culture; the fi rst Arabic treatise is from the eighth or 9th century ad (Allen, 1980).…”

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Conservation Values from Falconry

Kenward

2009

Recreational Hunting, Conservation and Rural Livelihoods

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“…The first indisputable evidence of the sport is provided by records of trained hawks introduced from China to Japan in 244 AD (Jameson 1962). Falconry arrived in Europe during Roman times with the Vandal tribes (Lindner 1973) and gave rise to Arabic treatises from the 8th or 9th century AD (Allen 1980). Falconry also played an important role in the conservation of birds of prey in many countries (Cade 2000, Fox 1995, Kenward 1976, including reintroduction of the goshawk Accipiter gentilis to Great Britain, and conservation of the Mauritius kestrel Falco punctatus, Californian condor Gymnogyps californianus and peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus (Cade 1986, Saar 1988, Jones et al 1994, Wallace 2001.…”

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A comparison of falconry and hunting with guns with respect to the distribution of local game

Šegrt¹,

Kenward

Grubešić³

et al. 2008

Wildlife Biology

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This study compares the impact of falconry and shooting in the same area on game and its distribution. We initiated a short-term assessment to test the hypotheses that falconry is more efficient than hunting with guns and that flying with birds of prey results in less game available for the gun. Rates of encountering and killing prey were compared for a hunting party with five goshawks and, one week later, a hunting party with five guns on the same land in Croatia. Encounter rates of game were similar for hunting with hawks (112 game flushed) and with guns (110 game flushed) one week later. However, the kill rate was higher when hunting with guns (40 game killed out of 110 flushed, 36%) than when hunting with goshawks (9 game killed out of 112 flushed, 8%). Our preliminary study thus suggests that falconry can contribute recreational and financial value to local communities as a complement to shooting, because it does not extract a large number of game animals or reduce the number of game animals available to gun-hunters.

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Beiträge zu Vogelfang und Falknerei im Altertum

Cited by 20 publications

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The Birds of Roman Britain

The Birds of Roman Britain

Conservation Values from Falconry

A comparison of falconry and hunting with guns with respect to the distribution of local game

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