Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2005, Side 40

Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2005, Side 40
Yekaterina Krivogorskaya, Sophia Perdikaris &THOMAS H. McGovern inland archaeofauna dating to the Viking Age (McGovem, et al. 2001; Einarsson 1994), both early and late medieval phas- es at Akurvík and Gjögur, and the 18th century site of Finnbogastaðir (a farm combining a primary orientation towards subsistence fishing with some market production, Edvardsson, et al. 2004). As Figure 2 illustrates, cod bones from the upper head and jaws greatly outnumber axial (vertebral) elements at Gjögur, Akurvík and at Finnbogastadir. This pro- ducer site pattem strongly contrasts with the skeletal element distribution pattern seen on the inland Viking Age Mý- vatnssveit sites (Sveigakot, Hrísheimar) or at the contemporary site of Granastaðir in one of the highland valleys above Eyjaijord. These consumer sites with no direct access to salt water consistently produce gadid collections which have few or no jaw and skull bones and have a disproportionate concentration of pec- toral girdle and vertebral bones. Early medieval Akurvík, however, demon- strates a pattem rather distinct from the later coastal sites in Strandasýsla, with a higher proportion of all vertebrae being left on site along with a large number of head and jaw bones. It would appear that the early medieval (llth-13th century) phase at Akurvík was engaged in a slight- ly different pattem of físh cutting and bone deposition than the later occupa- tions in the same area. Figure 3 presents a breakdown of the relative proportions of the verte- bral series (thoracic and precaudal are from the upper body, caudal vertebrae are in the tail), again making use of the MAU% (a complete físh skeleton would have exactly equal proportions of all Vertebral Series all gadid * «o F u5 «o o ro 10th 0) 10th £ 13th CNJ ■4 w o ro g) ’o ro O X < < 3 O) :o 3 O) :0 -Q T- c c CO LL all gadid all gadid all gadid cod cod cod cod cod □ Thoracic □ Precaudal I Figure 3. Body and tail vertebral series. Cervical (neck) vertebrae normally travel with the skull parts in flsh. A whole fish skeleton would produce a graph of exactly equal proportions for % MAU (33% each). 38
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