This paper deals with the preliminary observations of the analysis conducted on the faunal remains unearthed at thesite of Shikarpur. A single trench ES4 was selected as a research sample from the excavation conducted by theDepartment of Archaeology and Ancient History; M.S. University of Baroda, Gujarat State, India in 2007-08. Atotal of 6250 skeletal fragments were analysed of which only 3219...

this paper deals with the preliminary observations of the analysis conducted on the faunal remains unearthed at thesite of shikarpur. a single trench es4 was selected as a research sample from the excavation conducted by thedepartment of archaeology and ancient history; m.s. university of baroda, gujarat state, india in 2007-08. atotal of 6250 skeletal fragments were analysed of which only 3219...

Paleozoologists and taphonomists have long recognized various properties of quantification and sampling with respect to collections they study. Those same properties attend samples of modern owl pellets. The particular skeletal elements identified and the way in which prey remains are grouped for tallying both influence measures of relative prey abundance in a collection of 56 barn-owl (Tyto al...

The Present study carried out on the bone samples collected from Roopkund Lake in Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand, which is located 5029 meters from main sea level in between Nanda Ghunghti and Trishuli peak. This historical site belongs to the 9th century A.D.  All the samples selected for the study were dried in room temperature, as well as in hot air ovens at 32 degree Celsius. The Cleaning, pr...

The article deals with the faunal remains recovered from the Viking Age settlement site of Pada during the excavations in 1980–1982. The remains mainly contain bones of domestic animals; wild animals and seals are moderately represented. The main emphasis in animal husbandry lay on cattle, sheep/goat occupied the second position by the number of bone fragments, the third was horse and the small...