“…The focus of the research has been several wild mammal, bird, reptile and fish species (e.g. Sommer et al 2009;Fraser et al 2012;Bray et al 2013;Herman et al 2014;Horn et al 2014;Nikulina, Schmölcke 2015a, 2015b, as well as domestic cattle, pigs and dogs (Nikulina, Schmölcke 2008Scheu et al 2008;Krause-Kyora et al 2013;Zhilin et al 2014;Niemi et al 2015). In particular, the genetic analysis of well-preserved teeth and bones to identify the species, the so-called DNA bar-coding, is reasonably priced and can be undertaken, for instance, in cooperation with the Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA) in Schleswig, Germany, with its specialised laboratory for ancient animal DNA (Nikulina, Schmölcke 2010).…”