Microfauna from historical sites in the Aegean
Abstract
This paper summarises the microfaunal evidence from Aegean sites of the 1st millennium BC. Microfaunal skeletal material of rodents (mice, rats, hamsters, etc.), insectivores (shrews, moles, bats, etc.), reptiles (small snakes and lizards), amphibians (frogs, toads, salamanders) and small-sized birds has not systematically been collected from historical sites; however, the limited data permit the reconstruction of open landscapes in alternation with maquis vegetation and Mediterranean woodland in the areas around the sites. Furthermore, the limited evidence permits the identification of commensal species (house mice, rats) and allows a short discussion of the biogeography of those genera. Finally, reptile skeletal material from a 1st c. BC sanctuary of Poseidon is discussed in terms of ritual use and targeted deposition.
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