Aleks Pluskowski

Aleks Pluskowski is an Associate Professor of Archaeology at the University of Reading. His areas of research include the environmental archaeology of medieval Europe, especially zooarchaeology, ecology, biodiversity and human-animal relations.[1]

Pluskowski is the principal investigator for the European Research Council-funded project "The Environmental Impact of Conquest and Colonisation in the Medieval Baltic".[2][3][4]

Selected publications
  • Trafford, Simon & Pluskowski, Aleks (2007). "Antichrist Superstars: The Vikings in Hard Rock and Heavy Metal". In Marshall, David W. (ed.). Mass Market Medieval: Essays on the Middle Ages in Popular Culture. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co. pp. 57–73. ISBN 978-0-7864-2922-6.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2015), "Before the werewolf trials: contextualising shape changers and animal identities in medieval north-western Europe.", in de Blécourt, Willem (ed.), Werewolf Histories, Palgrave historical studies in witchcraft and magic., Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, ISBN 1137526335
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2012), The archaeology of the Prussian Crusade : holy war and colonisation, Routledge, ISBN 0415691710
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2012), The ritual killing and burial of animals : European perspectives, Oxbow Books, cop, ISBN 1842174444
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2010), "Animal Magic", in Carver, M O H; Sanmark, Alexandra; Semple, Sarah (eds.), Signals of Belief in Early England : Anglo-Saxon paganism revisited, Oxford, ISBN 1842177419
  • Pluskowski, Aleks, The tyranny of the Gingerbread House : contextualising the fear of wolves in medieval Northern Europe through material culture, ecology and folklore, Current Swedish archaeology, 2005(13), s. 141-160 : ill., ISSN 1102-7355, OCLC 937345312CS1 maint: location (link)
  • Pluskowski, Aleks (2002), Medieval animals, Archaeological review from Cambridge, v. 18., Dept. of Archaeology, Cambridge University, OCLC 52066056

References
  1. "Dr Aleks Pluskowski". University of Reading. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. "Ecology of Crusading". Ecology of Crusading. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. Live Science (2012-12-09). "Baltic Crusades Caused Extinctions, End to Pagan Practices". Livescience.com. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  4. "Crusades left ecological, cultural scars - LiveScience". NBC News. 2012-12-10. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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