4th UJF Interim Zooarch Report

This report provides an update on the ongoing analysis of the Viking Age to Late Norse archaeofauna recovered during the 2003 – 2006 excavations at the site of Undir Junkarinsfløtti (UJF), Sandoy, Faroe Islands. Nearly 60,000 bone and shell fragments have been analyzed to date, some three quarters of which have been identified to species level. Throughout all occupation phases, the UJF archaeofaunal assemblage is dominated by bird, shellfish and fish remains, with domestic mammals making up no more than 5% of the total. In addition to domestic farm animals (cattle, pigs, sheep and goats), the Undir Junkarinsfløtti assemblage reflects an extensive and sustained exploitation of wild resources, particularly seabird populations (primarily puffins and guillemot). Fishing appears to have focused primarily on cod, with some evidence for on-site production of flat-dried fish.本报告对2003至2006年在法罗群岛桑多伊岛翁德·尤恩卡林斯弗洛蒂（Undir Junkarinsfløtti，简称UJF）遗址出土的维京时代至晚期诺斯时代考古动物群（archaeofauna）的正在进行的分析工作提供最新进展。截至目前，研究团队已完成近6万块骨骼与贝壳残片的分析，其中约四分之三已鉴定至物种层级。在遗址所有定居阶段中，UJF出土的考古动物群组合均以鸟类、贝类与鱼类遗存为主，家养哺乳动物占总遗存的比例不超过5%。除牛、猪、绵羊与山羊等家养畜禽外，该遗址的动物群组合还反映出对野生资源的广泛且持续的开发利用，其中尤以海鸟种群为核心开发对象，主要包括海鹦与海鸠。捕鱼活动似乎主要以鳕鱼为目标，同时存在现场制作平晒鱼干的相关考古证据。