On the Use of Endosteal Layers and Medullary Bone from Domestic Fowl in Archaeozoological Studies |
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| Institution: | 1. IUAP 5/09, Royal Museum of Central Africa, 3080, Tervuren, Belgium;2. Department of Archaeology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 3000, Leuven, Belgium;1. Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, United Kingdom;2. Department of Archaeology, Anthropology and Forensic Science, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Poole, United Kingdom;1. Skin Biology Laboratory, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;2. Core Facilities, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria;1. Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrologia, Universidad de Granada, 18002 Granada, Spain;2. The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, EH25 9PS Scotland, UK;3. Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, 33005 Oviedo, Spain;4. Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50100, USA;1. Museum of Natural History, Henderson Building, University of Colorado-Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309, USA;2. Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, Zhengzhou, China;3. Department of Anthropology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
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| Abstract: | The very high incidence of medullary bone in two archaeozoological assemblages of the Roman period was believed to reflect systematic slaughtering of older hens at the end of the egg laying season. In an attempt to test this hypothesis, histological analyses were carried out. Histological data in the literature on ageing of modern fowl and on the development of medullary bone in hens are insufficient for application to archaeozoological material. Bones of modern fowl of known age were analysed with the aim of validating the use of endosteal layers for ageing. In addition, hens with known egg laying stage were studied in order to try and document differences in medullary bone development that could be related to the time of slaughtering (just before, during, or just after the egg laying season). |
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