The Faunal Remains from Two Hearth-Row Sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway
At archaeological excavations of rectangular hearth-row sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway, rich animal bone assemblages have been found that are dated to AD 1000–1350. Reindeer predominates among the represented species, followed by fish as the second most important category. Some bone elements of shee...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/99656 2023-05-15T14:45:28+02:00 The Faunal Remains from Two Hearth-Row Sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway Vretemark, Maria 2019-11-16 application/pdf https://journal.fi/iskos/article/view/99656 eng eng The Finnish Antiquarian Society https://journal.fi/iskos/article/view/99656/57270 https://journal.fi/iskos/article/view/99656 Iskos; Vol 22 (2019); 67–74 Iskos; Vol 22 (2019): In Search of Hearths. A Book in Memory of Sven-Donald Hedman.; 67–74 0355-3108 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer Reviewed Article 2019 fttsvojs 2020-11-18T23:47:10Z At archaeological excavations of rectangular hearth-row sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway, rich animal bone assemblages have been found that are dated to AD 1000–1350. Reindeer predominates among the represented species, followed by fish as the second most important category. Some bone elements of sheep have also been identified suggesting an early example of sheep herding. Indications of seasonality point to winter activities at these hearthrow sites. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Pasvik Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic Norway Pasvik ENVELOPE(30.580,30.580,69.810,69.810) |
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At archaeological excavations of rectangular hearth-row sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway, rich animal bone assemblages have been found that are dated to AD 1000–1350. Reindeer predominates among the represented species, followed by fish as the second most important category. Some bone elements of sheep have also been identified suggesting an early example of sheep herding. Indications of seasonality point to winter activities at these hearthrow sites. |
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The Faunal Remains from Two Hearth-Row Sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway |
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The Faunal Remains from Two Hearth-Row Sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway |
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The Faunal Remains from Two Hearth-Row Sites in Pasvik, Arctic Norway |
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The Finnish Antiquarian Society |
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