Archeozoologické spracovanie zvieracích pozostatkov zo šibenice pri Slavkove
| Title in English | Archaeozoological Analysis of the Animal Remains from Slavkov Gallows |
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| Year of publication | 2017 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Anthropologia integra |
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| Citation | |
| Web | https://doi.org/10.5817/AI2017-2-31 |
| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.5817/AI2017-2-31 |
| Field | Archaeology, anthropology, ethnology |
| Keywords | archaeozoology; fauna; animal bones; butchering; subsistence strategies; gallows |
| Description | With the aim to broaden the context of the Slavkov gallows archaeological situation, an archaeozoological analysis was carried out in order to describe the occurrence of animal species at this site. Based on the detailed evaluation of the bones taphonomic characteristics, the analysed osteological material was divided into two historical periods. The first one belongs to the gallows original context, the second exhibits more recent character. Six species of domestic and wild fauna originate from the former archaeological era; several species of small mammals, as well as bird remains, have been identified in the second part of the collection. Evidence of human manipulations observed on domesticated fauna from the earlier period indicate the use of these animals as a part of the people’s subsistence strategy at the execution site; traces of digestion by gastric acids and characteristic fractures on wild fauna bones during both eras refer to the possible accumulation of pellets by birds of prey at this site. |