Zooarchaeology Beyond Food: Osteobiographies of Early Medieval Dog and Pig Skeletons at the Divičmeđ Site (Serbia)
Апстракт
Zooarchaeological studies of the early medieval contexts are very scarce in present-day Serbia. Only a few studies dealing with the role of animals in funerary rites or the animal economy of settlements are currently available. For the first time, a detailed analysis of two complete animal skeletons from one early medieval settlement in the country will be presented in this paper. Excavations at the multilayered archaeological site of Divičmeđ in central Serbia have revealed the remains of a fortified early medieval settlement dated to the tenth–eleventh centuries. The excavations inside the settlement ramparts, among other features, revealed an oven most likely used for pottery production. A completely preserved dog skeleton was discovered at the bottom, while a pig skeleton was found in the oven’s upper layers. These skeletons indicate secondary use of the oven and prompt further questions about possible cultural impact and depositional scenarios, and they also shed light on the ever...yday life management within the settlement. In this paper, an interdisciplinary approach will be applied to dog and pig skeletons, which will further give us a rare opportunity to reconstruct their osteobiographies. Radiocarbon dating of the skeletons will provide us with the absolute chronology necessary for a better understanding and reconstruction of deposition processes. This study will also help us to address research questions about broader contexts of human–animal interactions in the country during the early medieval period.
Кључне речи:
Zooarchaeological studies / Serbia / animals in funerary ritesИзвор:
2nd Faunal Interest Group Symposium: Zooarchaeology Beyond Food, University of Toronto, March 19th and 20th, 2021, Toronto (Canada), 2021Издавач:
- University of Toronto, Toronto (Canada)
Институција/група
Археолошки институт / Institute of ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Marković, Nemanja AU - Bulatović, Jelena AU - Katić, Velibor AU - Marić, Miroslav PY - 2021 UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1374 AB - Zooarchaeological studies of the early medieval contexts are very scarce in present-day Serbia. Only a few studies dealing with the role of animals in funerary rites or the animal economy of settlements are currently available. For the first time, a detailed analysis of two complete animal skeletons from one early medieval settlement in the country will be presented in this paper. Excavations at the multilayered archaeological site of Divičmeđ in central Serbia have revealed the remains of a fortified early medieval settlement dated to the tenth–eleventh centuries. The excavations inside the settlement ramparts, among other features, revealed an oven most likely used for pottery production. A completely preserved dog skeleton was discovered at the bottom, while a pig skeleton was found in the oven’s upper layers. These skeletons indicate secondary use of the oven and prompt further questions about possible cultural impact and depositional scenarios, and they also shed light on the everyday life management within the settlement. In this paper, an interdisciplinary approach will be applied to dog and pig skeletons, which will further give us a rare opportunity to reconstruct their osteobiographies. Radiocarbon dating of the skeletons will provide us with the absolute chronology necessary for a better understanding and reconstruction of deposition processes. This study will also help us to address research questions about broader contexts of human–animal interactions in the country during the early medieval period. PB - University of Toronto, Toronto (Canada) T2 - 2nd Faunal Interest Group Symposium: Zooarchaeology Beyond Food, University of Toronto, March 19th and 20th, 2021, Toronto (Canada) T1 - Zooarchaeology Beyond Food: Osteobiographies of Early Medieval Dog and Pig Skeletons at the Divičmeđ Site (Serbia) UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1374 ER -
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Marković, N., Bulatović, J., Katić, V.,& Marić, M.. (2021). Zooarchaeology Beyond Food: Osteobiographies of Early Medieval Dog and Pig Skeletons at the Divičmeđ Site (Serbia). in 2nd Faunal Interest Group Symposium: Zooarchaeology Beyond Food, University of Toronto, March 19th and 20th, 2021, Toronto (Canada) University of Toronto, Toronto (Canada).. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1374
Marković N, Bulatović J, Katić V, Marić M. Zooarchaeology Beyond Food: Osteobiographies of Early Medieval Dog and Pig Skeletons at the Divičmeđ Site (Serbia). in 2nd Faunal Interest Group Symposium: Zooarchaeology Beyond Food, University of Toronto, March 19th and 20th, 2021, Toronto (Canada). 2021;. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1374 .
Marković, Nemanja, Bulatović, Jelena, Katić, Velibor, Marić, Miroslav, "Zooarchaeology Beyond Food: Osteobiographies of Early Medieval Dog and Pig Skeletons at the Divičmeđ Site (Serbia)" in 2nd Faunal Interest Group Symposium: Zooarchaeology Beyond Food, University of Toronto, March 19th and 20th, 2021, Toronto (Canada) (2021), https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_rai_1374 .