FAUNARESTEN UIT EEN TURFSCHIP
Samenvatting
By wet-sieving, about 500 remains of mammals, birds, fish, molluses and eggshells were retrieved from the bilge of a shipwreck excavated in Zuidelijk Flevoland. The ship foundered in the early 17th century. At that time the local environment was brackish. Except for the remains of the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the common shrew (Sorex araneus) all remains from mammals and birds can be considered as consumption waste. Given the brackish environment, all the freshwater fishes must have belonged to the provisions. This is also the case with the Gadids. The same applies to the diadromous fishes: eel, smelt and flounder. The remains of molluses most probably came from locally living specimens, except for those of Spisula spec., as species of this genus only occur in more saline environments. Therefore their arigin is not clear.
