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Ragnar Edvardsson, Sophia Perdikaris, Thomas H. McGovern, Noah Zagor & Matthew Waxman
Fragments Identified Stratigraphic unit
Taxon 00 spoil I 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 Total
Domesticates
Cattle {Bos taurus dom. L.) 1 16 17
Sheep (Ovis aries dom. L.) 51 1 5 40 1 1 3 102
Caprine 83 11 1 1 27 1 3 127
Cetacea
Large whale species indet. 26 4 1 1 1 33
Seals 0
Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina L.) 20 4 1 16 41
Seal species indet. 16 1 17 34
Birds 0
Guillemot/Murre (Uria sp.) 7 1 1 1 10
Eider (Somateria mollis. L) 1 1
Fulmar (Fulmaris gla c. Erch.) 1 1
Red throated diver (Gavia stellata L.) 1 1
Gullspecies (Laridae) 2 2
Bird species indet. 24 2 1 27
Fish 0
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) 984 33 1 49 39 697 2 5 3 1813
Haddock (Melanogrammus aelgf. L.) 28 5 1 7 17 2 60
Ling (Molva molva L.) 19 2 18 3 42
Saithe (Pollachius virens L,) 7 6 17 50 80
Torsk(5ro5we brosme L.) 8 8
Cod family (Gadidae) 423 25 1 14 11 330 2 2 808
Wolffish (Anarch. lupus L.) 18 1 19
Halibut (Hippogl sp) 4 5 9
Greenland shark (Somin. microceph .L) 1 1 2
Ray species (Rajidae) 1 1 2
Flat fish species 5 2 7
Fish species indet. 1181 78 3 152 52 944 7 1 2418
Mollusca 0
Mussel (Mytilus ed. L) 231 18 4 6 40 66 365
Common whelk (Bucc. sp.) 1 2 3
Clamsp.(Afya sp.) 12 1 13
Periwinkle (Littorina nest. L.) 1 1
Mollusca species indet. 356 2 358
TotalNISP 3,508 186 10 232 139 2,232 84 12 7 6,410
Large Terrestrial Mammal 17 1 10 1 29
Medium Terrestrial Mammal 299 24 4 5 1 107 4 1 2 447
Unidentified mammal fragments 273 45 23 15 113 3 15 6 493
Total TNF 4,097 256 14 260 155 2,462 91 28 16 7,379
Table 1. NISP by context.
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