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What objects and artefacts were produced or informed by animal baiting and what can they tell us about it today?

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What can the bone of an adult bear tell us about the life it led and the world around it?
Part of the ‘Box Office Bears’ Project research includes ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis of the animals involved in the baiting themselves – namely bears and dogs. This image shows us sampling skeletal material for ancient DNA (aDNA) analysis, at the PalaeoBARN Laboratory at the University of Oxford.