The presence and diversity of wild bird remains recovered from archaeological sites can be
used to explore questions beyond mere subsistence strategies and wildfowling techniques.
A survey of 26 avian assemblages from English Anglo-Saxon vertebrate assemblages
(broadly classified into settlement types) was undertaken in order to assess if interpretable
patterns of data, reflecting attributes linked to the broader nature and character of
settlements and their inhabitants, could be recovered. A more limited range of species were …