FISH BONES README

*** Dataset on zooarchaeological records of Estonian medieval and early modern fish bones ***

Authors: Lõugas, Lembi
Archaeological Research Collection, Tallinn University
Corresponding author: Lembi Lõugas
Contact information: lembi.lougas@tlu.ee

*** General Introduction ***

This dataset contains data collected during the analyses of archaeological seafood remains. The dataset consists of several tables that will be added here on an ongoing bases after their publication.
It is being made public both to act as supplementary data for publications and the research project PRG29. All data found here, are inserted in ArhIS database and Estonian Archaeology Dataset (ARHEST) https://andmekogud.arheoloogia.ee/#/leiud/arheozooloogia
Data in this dataset were collected at the Tallinn University during the period of 2000-2022.
Publications (short references are found in data tables; numbers refer the tables listed below):
1_Russow, E., Lõugas, L., Maldre, L., Hiie, S., Kihno, K., Luik, H., Sarv, K., Kalm, A., Reppo, M. and Kadakas, U. 2013. Medieval and early modern suburban site in Tallinn, Tartu Road 1: artefacts and ecofacts. Archeological fieldwork in Estonia, 2012, 149–170;
1_Lõugas, L., Kadakas, V. & Kadakas, U.2016. Fishery in prehistoric and medieval Tallinn, Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 21/4, 361-368. DOI 10.1080/14614103.2015.1118180
1_Lõugas, L., Bäuer, A. 2020. Detecting Medieval Foodways in the North-eastern Baltic: Fish Consumption and Trade in Towns and Monasteries of Finland and Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 26:6, 543-554. DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2020.1758993
2_Lõugas, L. 2016. Fishing and Fish Trade During the Viking Age and Middle Ages in the Eastern and Western Baltic Sea Regions. In: Barrett, J. & Orton, D. (eds) Cod and Herring. 111-116. Oxbow Books.
3_this dataset
4_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
4_Lõugas, L. 2016. Fishing and Fish Trade During the Viking Age and Middle Ages in the Eastern and Western Baltic Sea Regions. In: Barrett, J. & Orton, D. (eds) Cod and Herring. 111-116. Oxbow Books.
4_Lõugas, L., Bäuer, A. 2020. Detecting Medieval Foodways in the North-eastern Baltic: Fish Consumption and Trade in Towns and Monasteries of Finland and Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 26:6, 543-554. DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2020.1758993
5_Kadakas, V., Nurk, R., Püüa, G., Toos, G., Lõugas, L., Hiie, S., Kihno, K. 2010. Rescue excavations in Tallinn Vabaduse Square and Ingermanland bastion 2008-2009. Archeological fieldwork in Estonia 2009, 49?69.
5_Lõugas, L.; Kadakas, V. & Kadakas, U.2016. Fishery in prehistoric and medieval Tallinn, Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 21/4, 361-368. DOI 10.1080/14614103.2015.111818
5_Lõugas, L., Bäuer, A. 2020. Detecting Medieval Foodways in the North-eastern Baltic: Fish Consumption and Trade in Towns and Monasteries of Finland and Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 26:6, 543-554. DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2020.1758993
6_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
6_Lõugas, L. 2016. Fishing and Fish Trade During the Viking Age and Middle Ages in the Eastern and Western Baltic Sea Regions. In: Barrett, J. & Orton, D. (eds) Cod and Herring. 111-116. Oxbow Books.
7_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
8_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
9_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
9_Lõugas, L. 2016. Fishing and Fish Trade During the Viking Age and Middle Ages in the Eastern and Western Baltic Sea Regions. In: Barrett, J. & Orton, D. (eds) Cod and Herring. 111-116. Oxbow Books.
10_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
11_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
11_Lõugas, L. 2016. Fishing and Fish Trade During the Viking Age and Middle Ages in the Eastern and Western Baltic Sea Regions. In: Barrett, J. & Orton, D. (eds) Cod and Herring. 111-116. Oxbow Books.
11_Lõugas, L., Bäuer, A. 2020. Detecting Medieval Foodways in the North-eastern Baltic: Fish Consumption and Trade in Towns and Monasteries of Finland and Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 26:6, 543-554. DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2020.1758993
12_Lõugas, L. 2001. Development of fishery during the 1st and 2nd millennia AD in the Baltic region. Journal of Estonian Archaeology 5/2. 128-147.
13_Lõugas, L., Rannamäe, E, Ehrlich, F., Tvauri, A. 2019. Duty on fish: Zooarchaeological evidence from Kastre Castle and customs station site between Russia nad Estonia. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology 29, 432-442. DOI
14_Lõugas, L, Maldre, L., Tomek, T., Kadakas, V. 2012. Archaeozoological evidence from the Padise Monastery. Archaeological Fieldwork in Estonia 2011, 83-92.
14_Lõugas, L., Bäuer, A. 2020. Detecting Medieval Foodways in the North-eastern Baltic: Fish Consumption and Trade in Towns and Monasteries of Finland and Estonia. Environmental Archaeology 26:6, 543-554. DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2020.1758993
14_Lõugas, L., Ehrlich, F., Maldre, L., Hiie, S. (2020). Dataset of the archaeozoological (AZ) and -botanical (AB) records obtained from the Haapsalu Castle excavations in 2017. DOI: 10.23673/re-154
15_Roio, M., Lõugas, L., Läänelaid, A., Maldre, L., Russow, E., Sillasoo, Ü. 2016. Medieval ship finds from Kadriorg, Tallinn. Archaeological fieldwork in Estonia 2015, pp. 229–248.
15_Lõugas, L., Ehrlich, F., Maldre, L., Hiie, S. (2020). Dataset of the archaeozoological (AZ) and -botanical (AB) records obtained from the Haapsalu Castle excavations in 2017. DOI: 10.23673/re-154


*** Purpose of the data collection ***

The purpose of the data collection was to obtain precise information on the fish bone finds excavated from the Estonian archaeological sites, through which the trade and consumption habits of the people in medieval and modern age Estonia can be assessed.
This dataset was created in the frame of following projects:
PRG29, 2018-2022, "Foreign vs. local in Medieval and Modern Age foodways in the eastern Baltic: tracing the changing food consumption through provenance analyses", supported by the Estonian Research Council.
COST Action IS1403, 2014-2018, Oceans Past Platform 

*** Description of the data in this dataset ***

The data included in this data set has been organised per specimen.

The dataset consists of 16 files: 
'FISH_BONES_README.txt' - this file
'1_Tallinn_Tartu mnt 1_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Tartu Rd 1, Estonia.
'2_Tallinn_Rahukohtu 4_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Rahukohtu str 4, Estonia.
'3_Tallinn_Roosikrantsi 9_11_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Roosikrantsi str 9/11, Estonia.
'4_Tallinn_Sauna 10_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Sauna str 10, Estonia.
'5_Tallinn_Vabaduse Sq_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Vabaduse Square, Estonia.
'6_Tallinn_Viru 10_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Viru str 10, Estonia.
'7_Tallinn_Harjapea_Maakri 25_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, Härjapea, Maakri str 25, Estonia.
'8_Tallinn_St Barbara_Vabaduse Sq_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tallinn, St Barbara, Vabaduse Sq, Estonia.
'9_Tartu_Vanemuise tn trass_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tartu, Vanemuise str trench, Estonia.
'10_Tartu_Kyyni 1_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Tartu, Küüni str 1, Estonia.
'11_Parnu_Malmo 15_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Pärnu, Malmö str 15, Estonia.
'12_Saaremaa_Poide_Kahutsi_fishbones.xlsx' – a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Saaremaa, Pöide/Kahutsi hillfort, Estonia.
'13_Kastre Castle_fishbones.xlsx' - a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Kastre Castle, eastern Estonia.
'14_PadiseKlooster_fishbones.xlsx' - a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from Padise monastery, Estonia.
'15_Tallinn_Kadriorg wreck_fishbones.xlsx' - a table file that contains data of identified fish bones found from the shipwreck in Kadriorg, Tallinn, Estonia.


***xlsx tables - data description***

*** General Information ***
Tulme = Collection ID number
Leiunumber = AZ collection number given to the bone fragment or fragment set
Arv = Amount (how many bones and/or fragments)
Leiuaeg = Time of finding
Publitseeritud = Published (short reference marked; publications see above)
Kirjeldus = General description
Märkused = General remarks

*** Finding location ***
Kaevand = Excavation plot
Ruut = Square within the excavation
Leiukoht = Description of the finding place
Korris = Leyer of the excavation
Sügavus min. = Minimal depth
Sügavus max. = Maximal depth
Laiuskraad (B) = geo-coordinate B
Pikkuskraad (L) = geo-coordinate L

*** Repository ***
Hoidla = Depositary
Karbi nr = Box number

*** Determination ***
Takson = Taxon
Kehaosa = Body part
Luu/jäänus = Bone/remain
Pool = Side
Sugu = Sex
Patoloogiad = Pathologies
Vanus = Age
Isend = Individual
Kirjeldus (määrang) = Description (determination)
Märkused (määrang) = Remarks (determination)
Määraja 1 = Determinant 1
Määramise aeg = Time of determination
Määraja 2 = Determinant 2
Määramise aeg 2 = Time of determination 2

*** Dating ***
C14 dateering = 14C-date 
Labori number = Lab no.
Arheoloogiline kontekst = Archaeological context
Märkused (dateering) = Remarks (dating)

*** Measurements (mm) ***
Pikkus (L) max = Max. length
Pikkus (L) min = Min. length
Laius (W) max = Max. width
Laius (W) min = Min. width
Kõrgus (H) = Hight
Sügavus/läbimõõt (D) = Depth/diameter
Märkused (mõõdud) = Remarks (measurements)