List of bones, osteological analysis, Ajvide, Eksta parish, Gotland, Sweden
List of bones for the osteological analysis performed on the mass material from the Pitted ware culture site Ajvide, Eksta parish, Gotland, Sweden, in Alexander Sjöstrands PhD thesis "Changes, activities and bones". The bone material is derived from archaeological excavations performed by Stockholm University, Gotland University and Uppsala University between the years 1983-2017. The list of bones contains the base dataset from the osteological analysis with information on ID-number, x and y coordinates, layer, area, layer, burnt/unburned, taxa/species, bone element, bone part, part of the body, side, number of fragments, weight, size (divided into three categories, 0-25mm, 26-50mm, 51-75mm and larger than 75mm), bone id (only a few posts where bone fragments fit together and has been linked in the list of bones via a bone id), age (fused/unfused), age assessment, other comments, date for analysis, and 4 variables for the analysis of the osteological material from the 2017 excavation. Trench, which square, context and FFI (fracture freshness index)
Sjöstrand, A. (2022). Changes, Activities and Bones : Intra-site analysis of the Pitted Ware Culture site Ajvide on the Baltic Sea island of Gotland. PhD thesis. Uppsala University. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-470391
Sjöstrand, A., & Wallin, P. (2017). Rapport från arkeologisk undersökning vid Ajvide 2:1 2017 Eksta 171:1. https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-371435
Department of Archaeology and Ancient history
Adult females of cattle, bison, camel, dolphin, elephant, elk, giraffe, hippopotamus, moose, oxen, rhinoceros, seal, walrus, whale, and other animals.
documentation/List of taxa & species.xlsx