Data from: Rodents: food or pests in Neolithic Orkney

• Main Authors: Romaniuk, Andrzej A., Shepherd, Alexandra N., Clarke, David V., Sheridan, Alison J., Fraser, Sheena, Bartosiewicz, László, Herman, Jeremy S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Rodentia; ecology; archaeology; animal osteology; human subsistence; Microtus arvalis; Skara
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.128365; https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j333r

Rodents have important effects on contemporary human societies, sometimes providing a source of food but more often as agricultural pests, or as vectors and reservoirs of disease. Skeletal remains of rodents are commonly found in archaeological assemblages from around the world, highlighting their p...