from Part II - Birdscapes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2019
Finds of birds from archaeological excavations of Bronze Age features, settlements, and monuments are often considered rare and precious – partly because of carbonate hydroxylapatite (bone) is unstable below pH of 7 and unstoppable site formation processes, but also because of cultural praxis and implicit and explicit research strategies. When bird bones are found, it is not evident if they should be interpreted as everyday food consumption or seasonal fowling. Often bird remains are connected to ritualized practices, and sometimes it is evident that finds should be interpreted as mnemonic devices and ritual paraphernalia that were linked to past cosmologies.2
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