Some cambridgeshire neolithic to bronze age birds and their presence or absence in England in the late-glacial and early flandrian

Abstract

Mute Swan Cygnus olor, Bittern Botaurus stellaris, Mallard Anas platyrhynchos and Common Crane Grus grus were the commonest among 14 species of birds from a neolithic to bronze age open site in Cambridgeshire. Presence or absence of remains of these birds in English late-glacial and early Flandrian deposits is accounted for by reference to their different habits.