Abstract
The Earl of Cranbrook (V) (then Lord Medway) was fi rst introduced to archaeological
research in 1958 when he participated in excavations at the Niah Caves, Sarawak Borneo. In that same
year he published a paper entitled ‘Food bone in Niah Cave excavations (-1958)’ in the Sarawak Museum
Journal. Unbeknownst to him at the time, his individual and intuitive research was on a par with, if not
methodologically ahead of, burgeoning studies in the fi eld of zooarchaeology that were taking place at
leading academic institutions in Europe and the United States. This paper recounts and lauds the signifi cant
contributions the Earl of Cranbrook has made to the establishment and furtherance of a discipline over
more than 50 years.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 121-132 |
Journal | The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology |
Volume | 29 |
Publication status | Published - 30 Nov 2013 |