Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic
THE ANGLO-SAXON SITE OF HAMWIC (modern Southampton, Hampshire, UK) has been identified as a major bone-working centre. Besides antler and terrestrial mammal bone, cetacean bone has been recovered in high quantities. These specimens primarily represent working waste. Using peptide mass fingerprinting...
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ftntnutrondheimi:oai:ntnuopen.ntnu.no:11250/3088529 2023-10-09T21:51:15+02:00 Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic van den Hurk, Youri Riddler, Ian McGrath, Krista Speller, Camilla 2023 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3088529 https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2023.2204674 eng eng Taylor & Francis Medieval Archaeology. 2023, 67 (1), 137-158. urn:issn:0076-6097 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3088529 https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2023.2204674 cristin:2169021 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no 137-158 67 Medieval Archaeology 1 Peer reviewed Journal article 2023 ftntnutrondheimi https://doi.org/10.1080/00766097.2023.2204674 2023-09-13T22:46:31Z THE ANGLO-SAXON SITE OF HAMWIC (modern Southampton, Hampshire, UK) has been identified as a major bone-working centre. Besides antler and terrestrial mammal bone, cetacean bone has been recovered in high quantities. These specimens primarily represent working waste. Using peptide mass fingerprinting of bone collagen (ZooMS), it was determined that the majority of these specimens derive from the currently highly endangered population of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Limited historical sources appear to suggest that whaling was undertaken by the Anglo-Saxons, or by the Normans on the other side of the English Channel prior to the eleventh century ad. Nevertheless, the primary method of acquisition for whale bone was through opportunistic scavenging and trading. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Eubalaena glacialis North Atlantic North Atlantic right whale NTNU Open Archive (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Medieval Archaeology 67 1 137 158 |
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THE ANGLO-SAXON SITE OF HAMWIC (modern Southampton, Hampshire, UK) has been identified as a major bone-working centre. Besides antler and terrestrial mammal bone, cetacean bone has been recovered in high quantities. These specimens primarily represent working waste. Using peptide mass fingerprinting of bone collagen (ZooMS), it was determined that the majority of these specimens derive from the currently highly endangered population of North Atlantic right whale (Eubalaena glacialis). Limited historical sources appear to suggest that whaling was undertaken by the Anglo-Saxons, or by the Normans on the other side of the English Channel prior to the eleventh century ad. Nevertheless, the primary method of acquisition for whale bone was through opportunistic scavenging and trading. publishedVersion |
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van den Hurk, Youri Riddler, Ian McGrath, Krista Speller, Camilla Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic |
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Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic |
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Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic |
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Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic |
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Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic |
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Active Whaling, Opportunistic Scavenging or Long-Distance Trading: Zooarchaeological, Palaeoproteomic, and Historical Analyses on Whale Exploitation and Bone Working in Anglo-Saxon Hamwic |
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active whaling, opportunistic scavenging or long-distance trading: zooarchaeological, palaeoproteomic, and historical analyses on whale exploitation and bone working in anglo-saxon hamwic |
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