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dc.contributor.authorFitzpatrick, Alexandra L.
dc.date.accessioned2022-03-22T11:46:17Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-28T10:31:43Z
dc.date.available2022-03-22T11:46:17Z
dc.date.available2022-06-28T10:31:43Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationFitzpatrick A (2019) Identification of Avian Remains from Covesea Cave 2 on the Moray Firth Coast, Northeastern Scotland. Cave and Karst Science, 46(3): 115-117.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10454/19034
dc.descriptionNoen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Covesea Caves, located on the coast of the Moray Firth in northeastern Scotland, are a series of archaeological cave sites that are hypothesized to be part of a larger mortuary complex used during the Late Prehistoric period. Although much attention has been given to the unusual assemblage of human remains recovered from these sites, there has been less analysis undertaken on the vast amount of archaeofauna from the caves. This is in the process of being rectified through the recent work of the Covesea Cave Project, under direction of Ian Armit and Lindsey Büster and currently being undertaken at the University of Bradford. This report details attempts to confirm species identifications for several faunal bones of interest through various methodologies; unfortunately, not all of the attempts were successful. However, identifications are confirmed for two avian bones using comparative osteological analysis at the Avian Anatomical Collection at the Natural History Museum at Tring, United Kingdom. These species are placed in context through consideration of previous excavations at the Covesea Caves, as well as recent literature on ornithological analyses of ritual and funerary sites in Later Prehistoric Britain.en_US
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dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttps://bcra.org.uk/pub/candks/index.html?j=138en_US
dc.rights© British Cave Research Association.en_US
dc.subjectArchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectCavesen_US
dc.subjectPrehistoryen_US
dc.subjectMoray Firth, Scotlanden_US
dc.subjectZooarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectOrnithologyen_US
dc.subjectComparative osteologyen_US
dc.subjectCovesea Cave 2en_US
dc.subjectAvian remainsen_US
dc.subjectFunerary siteen_US
dc.titleIdentification of Avian Remains from Covesea Cave 2 on the Moray Firth Coast, Northeastern Scotlanden_US
dc.status.refereedYesen_US
dc.date.Accepted2019-09-27
dc.typeArticleen_US
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dc.date.updated2022-03-22T11:46:18Z
refterms.dateFOA2022-06-28T10:32:23Z
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