TY  - CONF
AU  - Mladenović, Teodora
AU  - Mladenović, Mladen
AU  - Kajtez, Irina
AU  - Vidosavljević, Vladan
PY  - 2024
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1588
AB  - Since the late 14th century, throughout the Modern period, the Ottoman conquest of Serbia led to the devastation and desecration of churches and monasteries, looting of their assets, and the conversion of some sacred Christian sites into mosques. Despite this, the Serbian Orthodox Church persisted and even expanded during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. While some monasteries fell into disrepair, others prospered, such as the St. Barbara Monastery, located on Reljina Gradina near Novi Pazar (Southwestern Serbia). Based on written sources, the monastery was built during the 16th century, which was proved by archaeological excavations. It was burned down at the end of the 17th century. The excavations have also confirmed an older Medieval necropolis beneath the monastery buildings. The monastery consists of the church, east and west blocks of buildings, and a surrounding wall. It also includes a well, refectory, and kitchen. During the excavations in 2022 and 2023, a small surface in the western part within and outside of the churchyard was excavated. Archaeological material of the 16th and 17th centuries was not abundant, consisting mostly of kitchen and tableware, and less numerous small finds and faunal remains. This paper aims to present faunal analysis results from St. Barbara Monastery, and reveal the dietary habits and characteristics of everyday life of monastery inhabitants from a zooarchaeological perspective. The analysis suggests that domestic animal meat and fish were predominantly consumed. Caprine remains were the most abundant, as the most significant source for exploitation of primary and secondary products. Albeit small, the faunal assemblage from a few contexts of St. Barbara uncovered by now is significant since it is the only known Modern period monastery faunal collection from the territory of Serbia.
PB  - Barcelona : University of Barcelona
PB  - Tarragona : University Rovira i Virgili
PB  - Barcelona : Royal Monastery of Santa Maria de Pedralbes
C3  - MonBones – Reconstructing Past Monastic Life. Inferences from Archaeological, Bioanthropological and Documentary Perspectives, 25-26th January, Barcelona, Spain
T1  - An Insight into Dietary Habits of St. Barbara Monastery (Southwestern Serbia) During the Early Modern Period: A Zooarchaeological Perspective
EP  - 44
SP  - 44
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1588
ER  - 

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Mladenović, T., Mladenović, M., Kajtez, I.,& Vidosavljević, V.. (2024). An Insight into Dietary Habits of St. Barbara Monastery (Southwestern Serbia) During the Early Modern Period: A Zooarchaeological Perspective. in MonBones – Reconstructing Past Monastic Life. Inferences from Archaeological, Bioanthropological and Documentary Perspectives, 25-26th January, Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona : University of Barcelona., 44-44.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1588

Mladenović T, Mladenović M, Kajtez I, Vidosavljević V. An Insight into Dietary Habits of St. Barbara Monastery (Southwestern Serbia) During the Early Modern Period: A Zooarchaeological Perspective. in MonBones – Reconstructing Past Monastic Life. Inferences from Archaeological, Bioanthropological and Documentary Perspectives, 25-26th January, Barcelona, Spain. 2024;:44-44.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1588 .

Mladenović, Teodora, Mladenović, Mladen, Kajtez, Irina, Vidosavljević, Vladan, "An Insight into Dietary Habits of St. Barbara Monastery (Southwestern Serbia) During the Early Modern Period: A Zooarchaeological Perspective" in MonBones – Reconstructing Past Monastic Life. Inferences from Archaeological, Bioanthropological and Documentary Perspectives, 25-26th January, Barcelona, Spain (2024):44-44,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1588 .

TY  - JOUR
AU  - Marković, Dimitrije
AU  - Savić, Milan
AU  - Bogdanović, Ivan
PY  - 2023
UR  - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1327
AB  - During the excavations of
Viminacium in 2016, a red deer tibia, with what seemed like a trauma caused by a weapon, was found in the vicinity of the amphitheatre. Consequently, the aim of this research was to determine whether that was the case and to attempt to reconstruct the potential hunting moment. The analysis of the wound suggested that the animal was hit from its right side with a deltoid or leaf-type long-range weapon, such as throwing spears or arrows. The irregular shape of the trauma on the lateral side of the bone was due to the socket that went through it along with the tip of the weapon. Since this wound is located just beneath the knee of the deer, it would not have been enough to kill the animal instantly, but there are no indications of any bone healing, which leads to an assumption of multiple hits, and thus multiple huntsmen involved in the hunt, which was a common practice. There is also a possibility that this particular animal took part in a
venatio, that is, the beast hunt in the arena, since it was found in a trench related to the amphitheatre, alongside a large number of other wild animals, which undoubtedly participated in the spectacles.
PB  - Sofia : Nous Publishers Ltd
T2  - Archaeologia Bulgarica
T1  - Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium
EP  - 47
IS  - XXVII
SP  - 37
VL  - 1
UR  - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1327
ER  - 

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Viminacium in 2016, a red deer tibia, with what seemed like a trauma caused by a weapon, was found in the vicinity of the amphitheatre. Consequently, the aim of this research was to determine whether that was the case and to attempt to reconstruct the potential hunting moment. The analysis of the wound suggested that the animal was hit from its right side with a deltoid or leaf-type long-range weapon, such as throwing spears or arrows. The irregular shape of the trauma on the lateral side of the bone was due to the socket that went through it along with the tip of the weapon. Since this wound is located just beneath the knee of the deer, it would not have been enough to kill the animal instantly, but there are no indications of any bone healing, which leads to an assumption of multiple hits, and thus multiple huntsmen involved in the hunt, which was a common practice. There is also a possibility that this particular animal took part in a
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Marković, D., Savić, M.,& Bogdanović, I.. (2023). Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium. in Archaeologia Bulgarica
Sofia : Nous Publishers Ltd., 1(XXVII), 37-47.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1327

Marković D, Savić M, Bogdanović I. Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium. in Archaeologia Bulgarica. 2023;1(XXVII):37-47.
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1327 .

Marković, Dimitrije, Savić, Milan, Bogdanović, Ivan, "Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium" in Archaeologia Bulgarica, 1, no. XXVII (2023):37-47,
https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1327 .