Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2010, Qupperneq 65

Archaeologia Islandica - 01.01.2010, Qupperneq 65
SMALL HOLDER FARMING IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ICELAND: SKUGGI IN HÖRGÁRDALUR Skuggi Caprine Long Bone Fusion - L. VA vs. E. MA LaterViking Age HumerusDn= 9 Tibia D n = 14 Femur D n = 4 Radius Dn= 19 Tibia P n = 11 Earlv Middle Ages HumerusDn = 6 Tibia D n = 8 Femur D n = 2 RadiusD n = 2 Tibia P n = 2 Humerus D Tibia D Femur D Tibia P Radius D 6m 2yr 3.5 yr 4.5 yr 5 yr l LaterVikingAge □ Early MiddleAges Figure 9. Caprine Long Bone Fusion Comparison of age at death in cows. The cattle tooth eruption analysis presents data from phases II, III, and IV. The latter phase contained only one cattle tooth row which cannot contribute to a discussion on Skuggi's cattle manage- ment during the I lth - I2th c. The Phase II (Later Viking Age) cattle tooth eruption profile suggests that 55 % of calves did not survive their first winter, and 33 % were culled before their fírst summer (assuming they were born in May) and died as neonates. The remaining 45 % of cattle from this period lived at least through their second winter and beyond. During Phase III, ca. mid 1 lth c., fewer calves appear to have been culled imme- diately or very shortly after birth, but a total of 60 % still did not live through their first winter. Another 20 % were about 1 - 1 /2 years old at time of death, and 20 % were older than 2 years. These cattle age at death profiles strongly sug- gest that the Skuggi cattle herd was man- aged for dairying purposes and thus agree with the cattle neonatal data from phases II, IV, and V, presented below. The graph in fígure 8 presents a rela- tive percentage of neonatal (newborn) calf bones in a range of Viking-medieval sites from N Iceland (data courtesy of McGovern, NABONE database). A range of ca. 15-50 % neonates among the total cattle bone count is generally inter- preted as evidence of dairy herd manage- ment, with most milk being reserved for humans (Halstead 1998). Unlike the very low percentage at Gásir confirming a spe- 63
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