Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2008): Ein Canidenskelett aus der Wurt Jemgumkloster Gemarkung Holtgaste, Kreis Leer, Ostfriesland, Bericht für den Archäologischen Dienst der Ostfriesischen Landschaft, Bremen
[A canid skeleton from the Jemgumkloster terp (Holtgaste, Jemgum, Rural District of Leer, East Frisia)]
report submitted to the Archaeological Service of the Ostfriesische Landschaft
Abstract
At the site of the Jemgumkloster terp mound in Frisia, Germany, a carefully buried skeleton of a large mature male canid was excavated. It had a fractured skull. Its size and the morphological features were inbetween those of a large dog and a wolf. The features of the skeleton, which are described in detail, allow it to be identified as that of a large dog. Pathological features, anatomical anomalies and human tool marks are discussed. The find is interpreted in the context of chronologically and culturally comparable examples.
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Bericht publiziert als
• Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2009): Ein Canidenskelett (5. – 8. Jh.) aus der Wurt Jemgumkloster (Gemarkung Holtgaste, Gde. Jemgum, Ldkr. Leer/Ostfriesland). – Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte 78, 57-78
• Bärenfänger, Rolf / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Prison, Hardy (2008): Der Hund aus dem Klei. – Archäologie in Niedersachsen 11, 45-47
Note:
The initial dating of the dog skeleton to the Early Middle Ages (5th-8th century), assumed at the time of analysis on the basis of archaeological stratigraphy, was revised by subsequent investigations of a nearby cremation grave from the Roman Iron Age and by direct C-14 dating to the 1st-3rd century CE (see Küchelmann 2011, 77 und Prison 2011, 130-131, 134).
Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2008): Ein Canidenskelett aus der Wurt Jemgumkloster Gemarkung Holtgaste, Kreis Leer, Ostfriesland, Bericht für den Archäologischen Dienst der Ostfriesischen Landschaft, Bremen
[A canid skeleton from the Jemgumkloster terp (Holtgaste, Jemgum, Rural District of Leer, East Frisia)]
report submitted to the Archaeological Service of the Ostfriesische Landschaft
Abstract
At the site of the Jemgumkloster terp mound in Frisia, Germany, a carefully buried skeleton of a large mature male canid was excavated. It had a fractured skull. Its size and the morphological features were inbetween those of a large dog and a wolf. The features of the skeleton, which are described in detail, allow it to be identified as that of a large dog. Pathological features, anatomical anomalies and human tool marks are discussed. The find is interpreted in the context of chronologically and culturally comparable examples.
Download (pdf 2,9 MB)
Bericht publiziert als
• Küchelmann, Hans Christian (2009): Ein Canidenskelett (5. – 8. Jh.) aus der Wurt Jemgumkloster (Gemarkung Holtgaste, Gde. Jemgum, Ldkr. Leer/Ostfriesland). – Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte 78, 57-78
• Bärenfänger, Rolf / Küchelmann, Hans Christian / Prison, Hardy (2008): Der Hund aus dem Klei. – Archäologie in Niedersachsen 11, 45-47
Note:
The initial dating of the dog skeleton to the Early Middle Ages (5th-8th century), assumed at the time of analysis on the basis of archaeological stratigraphy, was revised by subsequent investigations of a nearby cremation grave from the Roman Iron Age and by direct C-14 dating to the 1st-3rd century CE (see Küchelmann 2011, 77 und Prison 2011, 130-131, 134).