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Bones from the wooden street pavements of the medieval Novgorod the Great: Can they tell a story?

Вестник Тверского государственного университета. Серия: Биология и экология. 2019. Vol. 3. P. 61–68.
Zinoviev A.

Here I discuss a collection of animal bones, found on the two succeeding
wooden pavements of the medieval Kozmodemyanskaya Street of Novgorod
the Great. The pioneering study draws attention to the bones found in
wooden street pavements as a valuable source of information on the life of
the medieval city.

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Keywords: Ancient NovgorodZooarchaeologyPavements
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