Comparison of Herding Strategies at Hofstaðir and Sveigakot- A First Look
This working paper is an attempt to assemble in a narrative format a number of analyses recently carried out on the domestic mammal bones from the sites of Hofstaðir (HST) and Sveigakot (SVK) in Mývatnssveit N Iceland excavated 1996- 2001. The current objective is really to pass information on to ou...
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.6067:XCV8V69KG9_meta$v=1394235771195 |
| Summary: | This working paper is an attempt to assemble in a narrative format a number of analyses recently carried out on the domestic mammal bones from the sites of Hofstaðir (HST) and Sveigakot (SVK) in Mývatnssveit N Iceland excavated 1996- 2001. The current objective is really to pass information on to our collaborators and to encourage discussion and critique (please do). The collections compared come from midden fill of two pit houses (HST G and SVK T) and from a widespread sheet midden M at Sveigakot. Taphonomic signatures (not discussed here) indicate that these are broadly similar deposits and thus suitable for comparison, and all contexts compared generated large identifiable fragment counts. |
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