Fish otoliths and their relevance to archaeology: An analysis of medieval, post-medieval, and recent material of plaice, cod and haddock from the North Sea

Environmental Archaeology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2002, Pages 61-76

  Van Neer, Wim ^a,b   Ervynck, Anton ^c   Bolle, Loes J ^d   Millner, Richard S ^e   Rijnsdorp, Adriaan D ^d  

^a ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Institute for the Archaeological Heritage of the Flemish Community   (Belgium)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Archaeozoology; Fisheries; Growth; Otoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346345350     PISSN: 14614103     EISSN: 17496314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/env.2002.7.1.61     Document Type: Article

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