Zootropolis: Multi-species archaeological, ecological and historical approaches to animals in Medieval urban Scotland

在北欧，中世纪带来了前所未有的城市化和农业集约化，改变了人与动物和环境之间的社会、生态和经济关系。该项目以苏格兰东北部为重点，利用阿伯丁皇家堡丰富的历史和考古记录，调查中世纪城市中动物占据的各种壁龛。通过结合生物考古技术(动物考古分析、稳定同位素分析)和文本分析，并使用多物种框架，该项目将探索通过城市化共同创造的家养和共生动物的社会和生态空间。

In northern Europe, the medieval period brought unprecedented urbanization and agricultural intensification, changing the social, ecological, and economic relationships between humans and animals, and the environment. Focusing on the north-east of Scotland and utilizing the rich historic and archaeological records of the Royal Burgh of Aberdeen, this project will investigate the varied niches occupied by animals in medieval cities. Through a combination of bioarchaeological techniques (zooarchaeological analysis, stable isotope analysis) and textual analysis, and using a multi-species framework, this project will explore the social and ecological spaces of domestic and commensal animals co-created through urbanity.