animal bone fragment, found at Morton Mesolithic Settlement, FifeMorton

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Animal bone fragment
Unidentified large herbivore

Field collection: Mesolithic Morton excavation
Collected by Dr John Coles

Donated by Mr GC Sim
Museum number 1976-882

The diet of the Mesolithic people who camped at Morton was largely made up of fish, seabirds and shellfish. They also ate the meat of red deer and wild cattle.