Animal Keepers from the Neolithic to the Late Bronz Age Cover Image

Állattartók a Neolitikumtól a késő bronzkorig
Animal Keepers from the Neolithic to the Late Bronz Age

A case study from the multiperiod arhcaeological site of Budapest XVII. Rákoscsaba-Major-hegy dél (Hungary)

Author(s): Péter Csippán
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Middle Neolithic; Late Copper Age; Late Bronze Age; animal deposit; animal bone; meat consumption; mortality profiles

Summary/Abstract: Over eleven thousand identifiable animal bone finds came to light from the multipreiod site of Rákoscsaba – Major-hegy Dél. The aims of the paper include the study this material in light of the animal husbandry and meat consumption of comparable periods from similar ecological conditions. Another aim of the paper is the reconstruction of expolitation methods and phenotypical diversity of the main domestic species through their mortality profiles and body size.

  • Issue Year: 144/2019
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 219-246
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Hungarian