29th April 2010, 04:19 PM
Sorry I was being vague, well the site is a seasonal basecamp (late summer) the posthole lines aren't for catching wildfowl, hunting took place on the big lake catching the birds with canoes and nets. (birds lose there flight feathers for a week or so) So they can be caught in big numbers.
The site is a late neolithic settlement, single grave culture (part of the corded ware culture) based on tool technology and pottery, their diet seems to be duck/bird,fish and starch based wild food and some emmer wheat. The site is for duck processing for a source of over winter food, or trading with the other communities, or a select group of people from a larger community.
The collection strategy was sieving at 2-4mm meshes, but was done by non archaeologists (although overseen by archaeologists), people from a social work program in the 80s.
The monograph report will be published in the next few months (once I have written my 2 chapters!)
Thank you for your comments
Gary
The site is a late neolithic settlement, single grave culture (part of the corded ware culture) based on tool technology and pottery, their diet seems to be duck/bird,fish and starch based wild food and some emmer wheat. The site is for duck processing for a source of over winter food, or trading with the other communities, or a select group of people from a larger community.
The collection strategy was sieving at 2-4mm meshes, but was done by non archaeologists (although overseen by archaeologists), people from a social work program in the 80s.
The monograph report will be published in the next few months (once I have written my 2 chapters!)
Thank you for your comments
Gary