Rodents: food or pests in Neolithic Orkney

• Published in: Royal Society Open Science
• Main Authors: László Bartosiewicz, Andrzej A. Romaniuk, David Clarke, Alexandra N. Shepherd, Jeremy S. Herman, Alison Sheridan, Sheena Fraser
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The Royal Society 2016
• Subjects: rodentia; microtus arvalis; archaeology; animal osteology; human subsistence; 1001; 60; 69; Biology (Whole Organism); Research Article; archeo; hist; Skara; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/royopensci/3/10/160514.full.pdf; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.160514; https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160514; http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5098993; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rsos.160514; https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.160514; https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27853568; http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2:1066257; http://europepmc.org/abstract/MED/27853568; http://repository.nms.ac.uk/1690/; https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27853568/; https://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/10/160514; https://core.ac.uk/display/76946031; https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2536820965

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...