Birds in Subsistence and Culture at Viking Age Sites in Denmark

摘要: This paper reviews the evidence for consumption and use of birds at Danish Viking Age sites. The presence diversity wild domestic bird species were studied on basis avian material retrieved from sites representing a wide range different habitats covering period Late Germanic Iron to early medieval times (ca 5th–12th centuries ad). A large least 20 families with more than 60 taxa in addition fowl was documented. Although variation abundance assemblages influenced by recovery methods, some genuine differences emerged regarding site type as well topographical geographic variation. Marked among within certain revealed; herons (Ardeidae), prey (Accipitridae), cranes (Gruidae), tetraonids (Tetraonidae) waders (Scolopacidae) occurred commonly categories such high-status manorial urban usage eagle feathers evidenced cut marks wing bones falconry documented few Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.