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FIELD PHOTOGRAPHS

SKELETON OF GOAT OR SHEEP (TYA 281: 162)

Type: Close-up of a skeleton of a goat or sheep in situ (in unit 4283).

Site: Raisio, Ihala, Mulli abode.

Period: Viking Age / Crusade Age / Early Middle Ages.

Dating: 980-1220 A.D.

Photographer: Taina Pietikäinen.

Direction of photography: From west.

A carcase of a sheep buried in the settlement site. Probably a sacrifice.

Sources:

• Pietikäinen 1996.
• Vuorinen 1997.

Other related topics:

• Cattle-breeding
• Domestic animals
• Goats/sheep

Coordinates: x=100 y=509

Map: 96/139.

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