For William Shakespeare, a turkey at Christmas dinner became a widely popular occurrence in England by the 1570s when William was around 6 years old. The bard mentions turkeys in his plays only 4 times, and references another term for turkeys, guinea hen, only once. Here to share with us some of the bird’s fascinating history is the person who discovered the bones believed to be from the first turkeys ever imported to England, our special guest and zooarcheaologist, Malene Lauritsen.