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Early Iron Age Settlement at Győr-ménfőcsanak– Széles-földek in the Light of Archaeozoological Finds (northwest Hungary)
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Urkovi Múzeum, Thúry György Utca, Egyházasrádóc Bartók B. |
| Copyright Year | 2016 |
| Abstract | By putting it in an archaeological context, the paper deals with the analysis of the Early Iron Age (Ha C-D) animal bone material of the site which has been unearthed at Győr–Ménfőcsanak. The results of archaeological and archaeobotanical examinations are also supported by archaeozoology; the natural environment of the Early Iron Age lowland settlement contained belts of forests and groves, in addition to the cultivated areas. One part of the settlement provided a suitable place for the people for farming and livestock keeping. The inhabitants of the agrarian settlement carried out subsistence farming. In keeping domestic animals, ruminants (cattle 35.7%) and sheep and goats (collectively 29.86%) were prevalent, yet, keeping of hens – which were rare in those days – has been proved by not only a few bones but also the eggshell fragments of them. The ratio of animals hunted and fished for barely exceeds 10%, yet, numerous species – among them the brown bear which is met with sporadically in flatland and even beaver and sturgeon – can be found. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.ace.hu/am/2015_4/AM-2015-4-TB.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
