Search publications of the members of the Royal Belgian institute of natural Sciences
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New archaeozoological evidence for the introduction of the guinea pig to Europe
- The remains are described of a guinea pig dated to the end of the 16th - beginning of the 17th c. AD. The animal was discovered at a site in Mons, Belgium, and is the first European archaeozoological find dated with certainty on the basis of both the archaeological context and a radiocarbon dating of its bone. This find confirms that the guinea pig was introduced to Europe soon after the conquest of South America. The morphological and metrical analyses performed on the skeletal remains are in agreement with the iconographic and literary sources indicating the domestic status of the animals imported to Europe. While a previous discovery in England suggested that the guinea pig was a prestigious animal, the present study argues that it was accessible to several classes of the population which may be related to the rapid spread of this prolific animal after its introduction in Europe.
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Bird feathers for ceremonial use in Hellenistic times at Tell Beydar, Syria?
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Fish remains from a latrine in Colonia Ulpia Traiana
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Identification of a 19th century sturgeon from North-East Friesland
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Gent...Steengoed!
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‘Leffinge - Oude Werf’: the first archaeozoological collection from a terp settlement in coastal Flanders
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Counting sheep in the elite cemetery
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Een paleo-ecologische en paleo-economische reconstructie van de site Zilum (NA 97/37) in Noordoost Nigeria (600-400 BC), gebaseerd op dierlijke resten
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Reconstructie van visserij in het verleden aan de hand van visresten uit archeologische opgravingen in België: laatmiddeleeuws Mechelen
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A taphonomic study of the molluscan assemblage of the Early Bronze Age site of Tell Fadous (Lebanon)
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De Gallo-Romeinse vicus van Tienen. Archeozoölogisch onderzoek van de site Zijdelingsestraat
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Characterization of fieldstone for a provenance study of local building stones and artifacts
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Ledesteen en alternatieven
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Gent... Steenroute
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Kaartblad (19-20) Veurne-Roeselare
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Geo-diversity in regions poor in geological exposure but reflected in the built environment: the case of the Flemish region.
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Natuursteen in het museum
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Le cimetière paroissial de Boussu (Hainaut, VIIe - XIXe siècle). Premiers résultats de l’étude anthropologique.
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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Xiphinema zagrosense sp.n. (Dorylaimida: Longidoridae) from the Zagros Mountains, Iran
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Morphological and molecular characterisation of Xiphinema mazandaranense n.sp. (Dorylaimida: Longidoridae), a new member of the Xiphinema pyrenaicum species complex
