The following subfossil records of Turkey are known from Sweden:
Vapnö manor, Halland, AD 1500-1700
Ny Varberg Town, Halland, AD 1430-1612
Varberg Castle, Halland, "medieval" (presumably misdated)
Gothenburg Town, Kronobageriet AD 1500-1700
Gothenburg Town, Marklandsplatsen, AD 1600-1700
Norrköping Town, Kvarteret Dalkarlen, AD 1620-1655
The first five were published in:
Ericson, P. G. P. & Tyrberg, T. 2004. The early history of the Swedish
Avifauna. A review of the subfossil record and early written sources.
Kungl. Vitterhets Historie och Antikvitets Akademiens Handlingar,
Antikvariska Serien 45, 349 pp.
The last is from a recent dig:
Vretemark, M. 2003. Om livsmedelsförsörjning och sophantering. In:
Karlsson, P. & Tagesson, G. (eds.): I Tyskebacken. Hus, människor och
industri i stormaktstidens Norrköping. RAÄ, Arkeologiska undersökningar,
Skrifter 47, pp. 84-97.
Turkey is first mentioned in historical sources in Sweden and Denmark
around 1550, and a source from 1611 implies that the bird was well-known
by then.
Tommy Tyrberg
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:54:55 +0000
From: "Thomas, Dr R.M." <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: A Thanksgiving-related question
Dear all,
I am trying to find comparative examples of turkey bones from
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sites in Europe dating to the mid 16th- mid-18th centuries, following
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discovery of a number of specimens at an early modern site I am
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nvestigating. I have a few examples from British sites (Pontefract,
Worcest=
er, Launceston, Exeter), the earliest of which is dated 1644-1648,
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later than the historically recorded date for their first arrival in
Brita=
in (1520s). I would therefore be interested in identifying comparable
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nce from other sites, to explore the timing of their introduction and
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d.
Many thanks in advance for your help, and Happy Thanksgiving to those of
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u that are celebrating it,
Richard
Dr. Richard Thomas,
Lecturer in Zooarchaeology,
School of Archaeology and Ancient History,
University of Leicester,
University Road,
Leicester,
LE1 7RH.
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