Dataset on the archaeozoological record of the Asva Late Bronze Age site, Saaremaa Island, Estonia

Abstract

Data collection is not complete and will be updated.The purpose of the data collection was to obtain precise information on the animal remains excavated from the Asva site in different years, through which the consumption habits of the inhabitants of the Asva settlement at the Late Bronze Age can be assessed. All data are inserted into the Estonian archaeology database ArhIS and are visible by the ARHEST dataset (https://andmekogud.arheoloogia.ee). This dataset was created in the frame of following projects: The exchange program of scientific visits between the Esonian and Polish Academy of Sciences; TF5519 (carried out in Tallinn University); UMO-2019/35/B/HS3/01441 (carried out in the Institute of Systematics and Evolution of Animals, Polish Academy of Sciences); Core Infrastructures (TT) in Estonia TT14 "Natural History Archives and Information Network"