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Spruit, Fatima (2013)

The avifauna of the Palaeolithic locality Schöningen, Germany

Master thesis | Archaeology (MA/MSc)

The rescue-excavation at the open-cast mine in Schöningen started in 1982. Circa 25.000 faunal remains have been excavated since that moment. These remains have been identified as large mammal remains, small mammals, fish, mollusks, amphibians and reptiles. However the category birds is missing. Circa 167 bird bones and several egg shells were present in the layers Schöningen 13 II-2, 13 II-3 and 13 II-4. Besides the identification of the bird remains, the bones are also checked for modification marks made by the hominins who occupied Schöningen. Also the bones are compared to other archaeological sites to compare the data from Schönignen with

Avifauna

Schöningen

Birds

Author

Spruit, Fatima

Faculty

Faculty of Archaeology

Specialisation

Bioarchaeology

Supervisors

Kolfschoten, Thijs van

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en