TY  - JOUR
A1  - Enghoff, Inge Bødker
T1  - Fishing in the southern North Sea region from the 1st to the 16th century AD : evidence from fish bones
T2  - Archaeofauna : international journal of archaeozoology
N2  - Evidence from archaeological fish bone assemblages from the southern North Sea region of Europe is used to illuminate fishing, fish consumption and fish trade from the 1st to the 16th century AD. The fish species represented in the material indicate a very strong influence from the local fish fauna at almost all sites. The species and size of the fish indicate that several fishing methods have been employed throughout the period studied, including nets, hooks and weirs. A chronological development in fishing, for example, a tendency towards more sea-going fishing, is reflected in the fish bone assemblages in some countlres. Evidence from fishing in the Baltic region from the 5th century BC to the 16th century AD is included in the discussion. Indications of fish trade include bones of exotic species (for instance, matinc species at inland sites) and an unbalanced representation of skeletal clements (trade with decapitated stockfish or gillless hering). Of particular interest are assemblages which indicate a fish industry, for instance, large-scale processing (removal of gills) of herring in 13th century Denmark.
KW  - fish
KW  - fish bone assemblages
KW  - North Sea
KW  - iron age
KW  - viking age
KW  - middle ages
KW  - prehistoric fishing
Y1  - 2009
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/10860
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30-1124507
SN  - 1132-6891
N1  - Signatur: SZ 6635
VL  - 9
SP  - 59
EP  - 132
ER  -