Affiliation:
1. Organic Geochemistry Unit, School of Chemistry University of Bristol Bristol UK
2. Department of Archaeology and History University of Exeter Exeter UK
3. Labor für Archäozoologie, Referat für Naturwissenschaften, Deutsches Archäologisches Instituts Berlin Germany
Abstract
AbstractIdentification of archeological fish remains requires the use of comparative reference materials, generally in the form of disarticulated fish skeletons. Photographic or illustrative atlases provide an additional resource for the analysis of fish remains. Photographic resources exist for many marine species and for specific geographic regions, whereas freshwater European species have not been covered in great detail. Here, we present a photographic atlas for the bones of freshwater and migratory fish commonly recovered from archeological sites in Central Europe, alongside a discussion of the difficulties and considerations for the analysis of freshwater fish remains. The atlas also highlights the morphological similarity of many species and the interpretive limits of freshwater fish assemblages. The atlas aims to act as an accessible and user‐friendly resource, which can be used for basic identification purposes when access to physical collections is not possible, to supplement pre‐existing collections, or for training purposes. This paper acts as a platform from which the full atlas can be downloaded.
Funder
Natural Environment Research Council
Subject
Archeology,Anthropology,Archeology
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