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MANDIBLE OF LYNX (TYA 619: 899d)

Type: Left mandible of lynx (Lynx lynx) with molar teeth.

Use: Fur-bearing animal (faunal residue).

Site: Raisio, Ihala, Mulli abode.

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

Dating: 980-1220 A.D.

Photographer: Antti Huittinen.

Lynx fur was highly valued. Traditionally lynx was hunted with traps. Lynx could also be hunted by chasing it on the snow. The animal wading in snow could not run long but climbed on a tree, instead. From there it was easy to bring down with a bow and kill with a spear.

Besides lynx, the inhabitants of Mulli hunted also bears, squirrels, foxes, and common otters.

Sources:

• Aaltonen & Arkko 1997: 149.
• Sirelius 1921.
• Tupala 1998.
• Vuorela 1975: 48,49

Other related topics:

• Faunal residue
• Fur
• Macrofossils
• Ostheology
• Hunting
• Fur-bearing animals

Coordinates: x=109, y=509, 5th layer.

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