Abstract
Analyses of fish remains from sediment cores make it possible to detect not only commonly caught fish from prehistoric times, but also species without any economic importance, but with high value of paleaoecological reconstructions.
In this study, fish bones from sediment cores reaching several thousand years back and taken in the Baltic and Black Seas were analysed. All fish remains dealt with postdate the last glaciations and are from the last marine/brackish stages of both seas.
In the Baltic cores, 13+ species were found, the most abundant ones being sand-eel and clupeids (herring and sprat). Flatfish (flounder) is almost only present in the core taken near Bornholm. One layer in a core from Gotland Deep was especially rich in bones from juvenile sand-eel, 1 g of material containing 265+
individuals.
In the Black Sea cores 5+ different species were found: sprat, anchovy, whiting, Mediterranean sand-eel and several (nearly) complete pipefish which could be identified to the endemic Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1928.
The results from the two seas exhibit common features. Thus, all species found are euryhaline, and species which are commercially important in our days were documented back in time before industrial fishing for them began. Clupeids, in the Baltic samples also sand-eel, dominate the materials. Both contain species that would hardly be expected on archaeological sites.
Experience from this study leads to methodological recommendations regarding dating of material from sediment cores and retrieval of fish remains.
In this study, fish bones from sediment cores reaching several thousand years back and taken in the Baltic and Black Seas were analysed. All fish remains dealt with postdate the last glaciations and are from the last marine/brackish stages of both seas.
In the Baltic cores, 13+ species were found, the most abundant ones being sand-eel and clupeids (herring and sprat). Flatfish (flounder) is almost only present in the core taken near Bornholm. One layer in a core from Gotland Deep was especially rich in bones from juvenile sand-eel, 1 g of material containing 265+
individuals.
In the Black Sea cores 5+ different species were found: sprat, anchovy, whiting, Mediterranean sand-eel and several (nearly) complete pipefish which could be identified to the endemic Syngnathus schmidti Popov, 1928.
The results from the two seas exhibit common features. Thus, all species found are euryhaline, and species which are commercially important in our days were documented back in time before industrial fishing for them began. Clupeids, in the Baltic samples also sand-eel, dominate the materials. Both contain species that would hardly be expected on archaeological sites.
Experience from this study leads to methodological recommendations regarding dating of material from sediment cores and retrieval of fish remains.
| Originalsprog | Engelsk |
|---|---|
| Tidsskrift | Environmental Archaeology |
| Vol/bind | 21 |
| Udgave nummer | 2 |
| Sider (fra-til) | 144-156 |
| Antal sider | 13 |
| ISSN | 1461-4103 |
| DOI | |
| Status | Udgivet - 3 maj 2016 |
| Begivenhed | 17th Biennial Meeting of the Fish Remains Working Group - Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estland Varighed: 16 sep. 2013 → 21 sep. 2013 Konferencens nummer: 17 |
Konference
| Konference | 17th Biennial Meeting of the Fish Remains Working Group |
|---|---|
| Nummer | 17 |
| Lokation | Tallinn University |
| Land/Område | Estland |
| By | Tallinn |
| Periode | 16/09/2013 → 21/09/2013 |
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