FAUNARESTEN UIT EEN TURFSCHIP

• Main Authors: Zeiler, J.T., Brinkhuizen, D.C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Dutch
• Published: Groninger Instituut voor Archeologie 1992
• Subjects: Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://rjh.ub.rug.nl/Paleo-aktueel/article/view/36823

By wet-sieving, about 500 remains of mam­mals, birds, fish, molluses and eggshells were retrieved from the bilge of a ship­wreck excavated in Zuidelijk Flevoland. The ship foundered in the early 17th cen­tury. At that time the local environment was brackish. Except for the remains of the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the common shrew (So­rex araneus) all remains from mammals and birds can be considered as consumption waste. Given the brackish environment, all the freshwater fishes must have belonged to the provisions. This is also the case with the Gadids. The same applies to the diadro­mous fishes: eel, smelt and flounder.The remains of molluses most probably came from locally living specimens, except for those of Spisula spec., as species of this genus only occur in more saline environ­ments. Therefore their arigin is not clear.