The Significance of Animals to the Early Medieval Frisians in the Northern Coastal Area of the Netherlands: Archaeozoological, Iconographic, Historical and Literary Evidence
W. Prummel
A taxonomy of animals as used by the early medieval inhabitants northern coastal area Netherlands, so-called terpen region, is formulated on basis archaeozoological data from settlement sites and cemeteries, iconographic evidence in form 'animal' brooches, historical literary evidence. The archaeological sheds light economic roles animals, former their symbolic well. Iconographic mainly provides information imaginary figuring narrative, mythology heroic imagery.
Environmental Archaeology