Bird remains from Vilnius lower castle, Lithuania (13th-19th centuries) reveal changes in social status and unusual bird pathologies

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Mokslo publikacijos / Scientific publications
Document Type:
Straipsnis / Article
Language:
Anglų kalba / English
Title:
Bird remains from Vilnius lower castle, Lithuania (13th-19th centuries) reveal changes in social status and unusual bird pathologies
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In the Journal:
International journal of osteoarchaeology. 2023, Vol. 33, no. 4, p. 731-741
Keywords:
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13 amžius; 14 amžius; 15 amžius; 16 amžius; 17 amžius; 18 amžius; 19 amžius; Vilnius. Vilniaus kraštas (Vilnius region); Lietuva (Lithuania); Pilys. Tvirtovės. Bastėjos / Castles. Bastions. Fortresses; Archeologiniai tyrinėjimai / Archaeological investigations.
Summary / Abstract:

ENThis paper focuses on the 1224 bird remains found during the excavations of 1990–2015 in the Vilnius Lower Castle, Lithuania. The faunal material originates from a wide time span of the 13th to the 19th centuries. To explore the bird consumption in different periods of occupation of the castle and between different social strata, we analysed the bird specimens by morphological characteristics. The study included taxonomical identification, recording the taphonomic features and pathologies, and assessing age and sex. As expected, the majority of the bones belong to the domestic chicken, but it is mostly the presence of wild taxa such as hawks, swan, and wild galliforms that demonstrates the various roles the birds played in peoples’ everyday lives. Additionally, a few pathologies like avian osteopetrosis were identified that are unique to the eastern Baltic region. [From the publication]

DOI:
10.1002/oa.3193
ISSN:
1047-482X
Subject:
Archeologija / Archaeology
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2024-03-18 18:22:23
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