Derivation and application of a Food Utility Index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.)

Rowley-Conwy, P.; Halstead, P.; Collins, P.

Derivation and application of a Food Utility Index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.)

Rowley-Conwy, P.; Halstead, P.; Collins, P.

Authors

Professor Peter Rowley-Conwy p.a.rowley-conwy@durham.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor

P. Halstead

P. Collins

Abstract

A Food Utility Index (FUI) is presented for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.), derived from the experimental butchery of two individuals of differing ages. The results differ from FUIs produced for other species because of the different conformation of the species. Application of the FUI to the wild boar assemblage from the Mesolithic site of Ringkloster (Denmark) allows increased understanding of field butchery, transport and processing of the animals.

Citation

Rowley-Conwy, P., Halstead, P., & Collins, P. (2002). Derivation and application of a Food Utility Index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.). Environmental Archaeology, 7, 77-87

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Oct 1, 2002
Deposit Date	Jul 23, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Dec 2, 2009
Journal	Environmental Archaeology
Print ISSN	1461-4103
Electronic ISSN	1749-6314
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Group
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	7
Pages	77-87
Keywords	Food utility index, Fui, Boar, Skeletal element frequency, Butchery, Ringkloster.
Publisher URL	http://www.envarch.net/publications/envarch/vol7.html