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Bird remains from the archaeological site of Guinea (El Hierro, Canary Islands)
✍ Scribed by J. C. Rando; M. López; M. C. Jiménez
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 159 KB
- Volume
- 7
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1047-482X
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✦ Synopsis
The ®rst data on bird hunting by the ancient people from El Hierro island are given here. Ninety-three bones have been examined from a cave situated in the archaeological site of Guinea. The majority of the bones are broken, burned and some of them have cuts showing human exploitation. There are species that have been eaten from the lower levels to the present day (Calonectris diomedea, Columba sp. and Corvus corax), one species that does not now live on El Hierro (cf. Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax), and an extinct species (Coturnix gomerae).