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Bird Exploitation and Chicken Size in the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods in Continental Croatia

Quaternary
The significance of birds in the medieval human diet has been greatly explored in Europe. However, there is a lack of systematic analysis of data from Croatia.
Magdalena Kolenc, Aneta Piplica, Martina Čelhar, Tajana Trbojević Vukičević, Martina Đuras, Zoran Vrbanac, Kim Korpes   +6 more
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A preliminary report on the excavations of tomb AS 91 at Abusir South (autumn season 2016) [PDF]

Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017
This article summarises the excavations of tomb AS 91, uncovered during the autumn season of 2016 at Abusir South. The mastaba was highly damaged and its superstructure had almost completely disappeared. Three shafts were detected in the mastaba core.
Marie Peterková Hlouchová , Dana Bělohoubková, Zdeňka Sůvová, Petra Havelková   +3 more
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Bone Mineral Density of Willow Ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) as a Potential Taphonomic Factor in Skeletal Part Attrition

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 5, Page 284-294, September/October 2025.
ABSTRACT Agents of taphonomy can bias skeletal parts and the frequency of bones in archaeological sites. An important factor to consider is the possible effect of bone density‐mediated attrition on archaeornithological assemblages. We scanned willow ptarmigan (Lagopus lagopus) specimens using a Lunar iDXA and an enCcore small animal body add‐on to ...
Frank J. Dirrigl Jr., Samuel R. Buchanan   +1 more
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Neanderthal exploitation of birds in north-western Europe: Avian remains from Scladina Cave (Belgium)

Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
For a long time, Neanderthals were considered hunters of large mammals, whereas the diversification of the exploited faunal spectrum to include smaller taxa, including birds, was assumed to be specific to anatomically modern humans.
Quentin Goffette, Quentin Goffette, Veerle Rots, Veerle Rots, Grégory Abrams, Grégory Abrams, Stéphane Pirson, Stéphane Pirson, Kévin Di Modica, Fabrice Bray, Dries Cnuts, Dominique Bonjean, Linda Amos   +12 more
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Les bovins de la fosse médiévale de Tiya (Éthiopie) : dépôt rituel ou banquet funéraire ?

Afrique Archéologie Arts, 2005
The archaeozoological analysis of the faunal remains of the medieval pit of Tiya (Ethiopia) revealed the exclusive presence of bovines. At least four adult animals were found, including males, females and castrated.
Joséphine Lesur
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Dogs in the Wroclaw Stronghold, 2nd Half of the 10th–1st Half of the 13th Century (Lower Silesia, Poland)—An Zooarchaeological Overview

Animals, 2021
This article pertains to the issue of early medieval dogs (10th–mid-13th century) from the territory of Poland and Central Europe. The study is based on dog remains from the Wroclaw Cathedral Island (Ostrów Tumski), one of the most important ...
Aleksandra Pankiewicz, Krzysztof Jaworski, Aleksander Chrószcz, Dominik Poradowski   +3 more
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Animal Husbandry, Cultural Change, and Economic Networks: An Archaeozoological Perspective on the Transformation of Iron Age Oppida Societies

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT In the 2nd century bce, with the Iron Age Oppida Civilisation, Central Europe experienced an unprecedented degree of urbanization, economic centralization, and supra‐regional exchange. However, from 80 bce onwards, in the Northern Alpine Foreland (present‐day southern Germany), these structures declined, leading to the abandonment of both ...
Simon Trixl, Janette Horvath
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How Bone Connects Life’s Past to the Present. Zooarchaeology at Dadan (AlUla, Saudi Arabia)

Open Quaternary
The excavations undertaken on the site of Dadan have recovered a very important bone assemblage (more than 167,696 remains), allowing us to reconstruct and better understand the subsistence strategies of the inhabitants in a central part of the al-‘Ula ...
Hervé Monchot, Anaïs Marrast, Agata Strzelecka-Misonne   +2 more
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Non‐Ingested Scapulae and Mandibles Accumulated in Nests by Bearded Vultures (Gypaetus barbatus) in Corsica: A Neo‐Taphonomic Analysis

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, Volume 35, Issue 2, March/April 2025.
ABSTRACT The bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) is a scavenger and bone‐eating vulture that also transports bones to the nest to feed the nestlings. Bones found at nests are characterized by the accumulation of small‐ to medium‐sized ungulates, a high number of third and second phalanges and digestive corrosion marks on regurgitated bones.
Montserrat Sanz, Isabelle Attard, Joan Daura, Jean‐Denis Vigne   +3 more
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Becoming sedentary? The seasonality of food resource exploitation in the Mesolithic-Neolithic Danube Gorges

Documenta Praehistorica, 2016
In this paper, we investigate whether the Mesolithic-Neolithic sites in the Danube Gorges were occupied seasonally or all year round by looking at animal skeletal remains.
Vesna Dimitrijević, Ivana Živaljević, Sofija Stefanović   +2 more
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