This volume comprises papers presented to Wietske Prummel on the occasion of her retirement from the Groningen Institute of Archaeology (University of Groningen) in 2012. The contributions cover a wide range of topics from all realms of archaeozoology, such as animal husbandry and mobility, bird exploitation and fishery. The papers are dedicated to Wietske in celebration of her scientific career.
Foreword
Methodology and research history
1. Age determination of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) based on postcranial elements 11
Liselotte M. Takken Beijersbergen and Anne K. Hufthammer
2. Dr W.K.J. Schoor and the Frisian Terp Dog 21
Egge Knol
Prehistory
3. Butchered large bovids (Bos primigenius and Bison priscus) from the Palaeolithic throwing spear site of Schoningen 13 II-4 (Germany) 33
Thijs van Kolfschoten, Monika Knul, Elfi Buhrs and Mirthe Gielen
4. Holocene fauna from brook valleys in the southern Netherlands 47
Theo P.J. de Jong
5. An Early Atlantic Mesolithic site with micro-triangles and fish remains from Almere (the Netherlands) 61
Marcel J.L.Th. Niekus, Dick C. Brinkhuizen, André A. Kerkhoven, Jerry J. Huisman and Dick E.P. Velthuizen
6. Three maritime bell beakers decorated with shells from the Netherlands 79
Erik Drenth and Laure Salanova
7. Hunting the Bezoar Goat: Sympathetic Magic in Early Bronze Age Arslantepe 85
Alice M. Choyke
8. Only for consumption? Bird exploitation at Hauterive-Champreveyres (Neuchatel, Switzerland) during the Late Bronze Age 95
Jacqueline Studer
9. Changes in prehistoric landscapes: archaeozoological data on Poduri-Dealul Ghindaru tell (Bacau County, Romania) 105
Luminita Bejenaru and Simina Stanc
10. Of dogs and man. Finds from the terp region of the Northern Netherlands in the pre-Roman and Roman Iron Age 111
Annet Nieuwhof
Roman period
11. The scurred cattle of the Roman period in the Netherlands 123
Arjan Hullegie
12. Hornless (polled) cattle in the Netherlands: a Roman-period phenomenon 129
Roel C.G.M. Lauwerier and Frits J. Laarman
Medieval period
13. An insight into animal exchange in Early Medieval Oegstgeest: a combined archaeozoological and isotopic approach 141
Inge M.M. van der Jagt, Lisette M. Kootker, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Henk Kars and Gareth R. Davies
14. 'Leffinge - Oude Werf': the first archaeozoological collection from a terp settlement in coastal Flanders 153
Anton Ervynck, Pieterjan Deckers, An Lentacker, Dries Tys and Wim Van Neer
15. The animal remains from the wreck of the cog from Wismar-Wendorf (15th century AD) 165
Dirk Heinrich
Post-medieval period
16. Possible evidence for hawking from a 16th century Styrian Castle (Bajcsa, Hungary) 173
Erika Gál
17. Show me your hawk, I'll tell you who you are 181
László Bartosiewicz
18. The first archaeological find of a guinea pig in the Netherlands 191
Joyce van Dijk and Bram Silkens
19. Identification of a 19th century sturgeon from North-East Friesland 197
Wim Van Neer, Els Thieren and Dick Brinkhuizen
Appendix
Bibliography Wietske Prummel 207
Lisette S. de Vries
