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Leather straps with avian tarsometatarsi from the medieval Russia: Jesses or amulets?

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  • Andrei V Zinoviev

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The paper examines leather straps associated with avian bones from archaeological excavations in Medieval Russia. These leather straps, found attached to the tarsometatarsi of hunting birds, such as gyrfalcon, peregrine falcon, goshawk and sparrowhawk, constitute components of falconry equipment. A leather strap, secured on the tarsometatarsus of a buzzard, indicates the use of this bird as a decoy during the training of hunting birds. The same is true for the crane and little owl. The loss of other bones of the avian skeletons during the excavation process often leads to the erroneous interpretation of the leather straps with avian tarsometatarsi as amulets.

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  • Andrei V Zinoviev, 2017. "Leather straps with avian tarsometatarsi from the medieval Russia: Jesses or amulets?," Environmental Archaeology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 22(2), pages 171-174, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:yenvxx:v:22:y:2017:i:2:p:171-174
    DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2016.1169350
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