Browsing University Museum of Bergen by Journals "International Journal of Osteoarchaeology"
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The great auk in Norway: From common to locally extinct
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)A total of 477 bones of the great auk (Pinguinus impennis) from 53 localities and 55 periods in Norway are studied. All but two, are archaeological sites from the Holocene, mainly from 6000–2000 cal years bp. The two ... -
Why did the chicken cross the Wallace Line? Archaeological evidence suggests human-mediated dispersal of Gallus to Flores first occurred at least ~2.25 ka cal. BP
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Domesticated chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus) are a dominant part of the global human diet. Although the early domestication history of this species remains disputed, Mainland Southeast Asia (MSEA) is assumed to have ...