Rodents: food or pests in Neolithic Orkney

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: Herman, Jeremy S, Sheridan, J A, Romaniuk, Andrzej A, Clarke, David V, Shepherd, Alexandra N, Bartosiewicz, László, Fraser, Sheena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Royal Society Publishing 2016
• Subjects: Rodentia; Microtus arvalis; human subsistence; archaeology; animal osteology; Skara
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160514

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...