Our Deer Relations: a deep time, holistic study of the relationship between red deer and people in Scotland

这个项目探讨了马鹿的悖论；这一物种如今被视为高地的象征，但在遥远的过去却鲜为人知。虽然大西洋沿岸的区域研究为苏格兰高地和岛屿大学（gsah RD1：博士开放奖学金2022-23）在史前和史前时期提供了零星易位、牧群管理甚至驯化的诱人一瞥，但该项目将提供第一个关于马鹿与人类之间关系的全国性研究。动物考古学的方法将与马鹿的文化意义的评估相结合，以探索这种关系在苏格兰各地的变化，从它的第一批人到中世纪鼎盛时期

This project explores theparadox of red deer; a species held as emblemic of the Highlands today, yet poorly understood in the deep past.Whilst regionalstudies along the Atlantic coast provide tantalising glimpses ofsporadictranslocation, herd management and even domesticationwithin University of the Highlands and IslandsSGSAH RD1: PhD Open Studentships 2022-23ApplicationPage 8of 15the prehistoric and protohistoric periods, this project will deliver the first nationalstudy of the relationship between red deer and peoplethrough time. Zooarchaeological approaches will be combined with an appraisal of the cultural significanceof red deer to explore variations in this relationshipacrossScotland, from its first peopling through tohighmedieveal times