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Brown bears in burials and entertainment in later prehistoric to modern Britain (c. 2400 BC – AD 1900s) (2023)
Book Chapter
O'Regan, H. (2023). Brown bears in burials and entertainment in later prehistoric to modern Britain (c. 2400 BC – AD 1900s). In O. Grimm (Ed.), Bear and Human Facets of a Multi-Layered Relationship from Past to Recent Times, with Emphasis on Northern Europe. Volume 1 (187-208). Brepols Publishers. https://doi.org/10.1484/M.TANE-EB.5.134334

The brown bear, Ursus arctos, was a native British mammal, but is now extinct. This chapter briefly explores the history of the native brown bear before turning to the anthropogenic evidence for bears in prehistoric and later Britain. There are two m... Read More about Brown bears in burials and entertainment in later prehistoric to modern Britain (c. 2400 BC – AD 1900s).

Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators (2023)
Book Chapter
Louys, J., & O'Regan, H. (2023). Mammals as Palaeoenvironmental Indicators. In A. Mark Pollard, R. Ann Armitage, & C. A. Makarewicz (Eds.), Handbook of Archaeological Sciences (211-226). (Second Edition). Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119592112.ch11

Experiencing North American Bears in post-medieval Britain (2020)
Book Chapter
O'Regan, H. (2020). Experiencing North American Bears in post-medieval Britain. In H. A. Lapham, & G. A. Waselkov (Eds.), Bears: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives in Native Eastern North America. University Press of Florida

North American bears have had cultural significance outside the United States. This chapter explores the role of black, brown and polar bears in Britain, focussing on the period following the founding of the Hudson Bay Company in the late 1600s. Both... Read More about Experiencing North American Bears in post-medieval Britain.