Table 2 Identified bone fragments from the sites included in this study from Norway (Number of Identified Specimens, NISP): Sandvika37, Kirkhelleren38, Mestersanden24, Mortensnes shows bone material only from those parts of the sites that date back to the Late Stone Age/Early Metal Period39. Number with # = NISP was greater than that given here, but exact numbers are not given. No zooarchaeological data were available from the other studied Norwegian sites. More detailed information is presented in Supplementary Table S2.

From: Contrasting patterns of prehistoric human diet and subsistence in northernmost Europe

 

Risvik Pottery

Kjelmøy Pottery

Tromsø Sandvika

Træna Kirkhellaren

Sørvaranger Mestersanden

Mortenses Nesseby

Domesticated animals

2

present

0

0

Wild ruminant animals

0

present

61#

16

Wild non-ruminant animals

0

present

44

3

Marine mammals

1

present

238#

140

Birds

0

present

872

8

Fish

present

present

524

16