Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast
Investigation of the temporal and spatial distributions of zooarchaeological material can aid in understanding of the palaeoecology of nonhuman and human species. Northern gannets (Sula bassanas) and northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) were first documented to breed in Norway during the present ce...
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ftunivcalgaryojs:oai:journalhosting.ucalgary.ca:article/64653 2023-05-15T14:19:13+02:00 Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast Montevecchi, W.A. Hufthammer, A.K. 1990-01-01 application/pdf https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64653 eng eng The Arctic Institute of North America https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64653/48567 https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/arctic/article/view/64653 ARCTIC; Vol. 43 No. 2 (1990): June: 99–200; 110-114 1923-1245 0004-0843 climatology northern fulmar (Fulrnarus glacialis) northern gannet (Sula bassanas) Norway palaeoecology seabirds zooarchaeology climatologie fulmar boréal (Fulrnarus glacialis) fou de Bassan (Sula bassanas) Norvège paléoécologie oiseaux marins zooarchéologie info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 1990 ftunivcalgaryojs 2022-03-22T21:21:48Z Investigation of the temporal and spatial distributions of zooarchaeological material can aid in understanding of the palaeoecology of nonhuman and human species. Northern gannets (Sula bassanas) and northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) were first documented to breed in Norway during the present century. Skeletal remains of gannets and fulmars uncovered at Norwegian archaeological sites have been dated from approximately 7000 to 800 B.P. and from about 30,000 to 400 B.P. respectively. The modal occurrence of gannets occurred in Norwegian waters earlier than did most fulmars. Recovered fulmar bones greatly outnumber those of gannets, a pattern consistent with relative abundances in Norwegian waters today, but one that might also reflect differential accessibility and/or prey preferences of previous coastal inhabitants. Proportionally more of the fulmar material was uncovered at proportionally more sites in North Norway, findings consistent with current species distributions and with speculation of similar oceanographic conditions in previous millenia. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Fulmarus glacialis North Norway Northern Fulmar University of Calgary Journal Hosting Fulmar ENVELOPE(-46.016,-46.016,-60.616,-60.616) Norway ARCTIC 43 2 |
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climatology northern fulmar (Fulrnarus glacialis) northern gannet (Sula bassanas) Norway palaeoecology seabirds zooarchaeology climatologie fulmar boréal (Fulrnarus glacialis) fou de Bassan (Sula bassanas) Norvège paléoécologie oiseaux marins zooarchéologie Montevecchi, W.A. Hufthammer, A.K. Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast |
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Investigation of the temporal and spatial distributions of zooarchaeological material can aid in understanding of the palaeoecology of nonhuman and human species. Northern gannets (Sula bassanas) and northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis) were first documented to breed in Norway during the present century. Skeletal remains of gannets and fulmars uncovered at Norwegian archaeological sites have been dated from approximately 7000 to 800 B.P. and from about 30,000 to 400 B.P. respectively. The modal occurrence of gannets occurred in Norwegian waters earlier than did most fulmars. Recovered fulmar bones greatly outnumber those of gannets, a pattern consistent with relative abundances in Norwegian waters today, but one that might also reflect differential accessibility and/or prey preferences of previous coastal inhabitants. Proportionally more of the fulmar material was uncovered at proportionally more sites in North Norway, findings consistent with current species distributions and with speculation of similar oceanographic conditions in previous millenia. |
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Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast |
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Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast |
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Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast |
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Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast |
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Zooarchaeological Implications for Prehistoric Distributions of Seabirds along the Norwegian Coast |
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zooarchaeological implications for prehistoric distributions of seabirds along the norwegian coast |
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