Animal bones from a pre-Roman Iron Age coastal marsh site near Middelstum (province of Groningen, the Netherlands)

Abstract

A study was made of the animal bone remains from the pre-Roman Iron Age settlement site of Middelstum-Boerdamsterweg, occupied approximately between the 6th and the 4th/3rd centuries BC. Abundant remains of cattie were found, as well as smaller quantities of bones of sheep, pig, horse and dog, while wild animal species, including grey seal, red deer, wild duck and sea eagle, were represented by very small numbers of bones.