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Black woodpecker ( Dryocopus martius L.) in the archaeozoological context of the Savvatiev Pustyn', a medieval rural Russian monastery
Author(s) -
Zinoviev Andrei V.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/oa.2741
Subject(s) - woodpecker , context (archaeology) , ancient history , archaeology , art , geography , history , ecology , biology , habitat
Here we report a discovery of a bone of the black woodpecker ( Dryocopus martius L.) in medieval layers of the rural Savvatiev Monastery (Tver Region, Russia). Deposited in the wooden house, presumably refectory, subfloor, the woodpecker's remains could be associated with an activity of the cat. A complex of bones, associated with the find, characterizes the place as a monastery.