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198 pages

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Published Nov 2020

Archaeopress Archaeology

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Paperback: 9781789696936

Digital: 9781789696943

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Keywords
Zooarchaeology; Balkans; Late Neolithic; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Medieval; Animal Husbandry

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This volume presents the results of new research on animal herding and hunting in the central and western Balkans during the prehistoric and historic periods. The investigations cover a wide range of topics related to animal exploitation strategies, ranging from broad syntheses to specific case studies.

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Contents

Foreword ??? Nemanja Markovi?? and Jelena Bulatovi?? ;
Eating well on Adriatic palaeoshore ??? marine and terrestrial molluscs as evidence of Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene cuisine in Vlakno Cave, Dugi Otok, Croatia ??? Antonela Barbir, Nikola Vukosavljevi?? and Dario Vujevi?? ;
Bone technology from the Early Neolithic site of Bata??evo (Serbia) ??? Selena Vitezovi??, Nemanja Markovi?? and Velibor Kati?? ;
Herding and hunting at Vin??a ??? Belo Brdo and Stubline during the Late Neolithic, a stable isotopic perspective ??? Rosalind E. Gillis, Jelena Bulatovi??, Kristina Penezi??, Milo?? Spasi??, Nenad N. Tasi?? and Cheryl A. Makarewicz ;
Fishing techniques in the Late Neolithic Vin??a culture: fish hooks from the site of Vin??a ??? Belo Brdo ??? Selena Vitezovi?? ;
Storage practice and problems with pests in the Late Neolithic: two examples from the central Balkans ??? ??ur??a Obradovi?? ;
Images of half-persons, hybrids and surreal creatures in the Late Neolithic Vin??a culture ??? Milo?? Spasi?? ;
Animals in the Early Bronze Age funerary practice at Mokrin and Ostoji??evo cemeteries, Serbia ??? Tamara Blagojevi?? ;
New data from the old records: zooarchaeological remains from Late Bronze and Early Iron Age sites in northern Bosnia ??? Jelena Bulatovi?? and Aleksandar Ja??arevi?? ;
Zooarchaeological research of the Late La T??ne period in Serbia: an overview of the data ??? Teodora Radi??i?? ;
Animal husbandry and hunting in Roman provinces in Serbia: a zooarchaeological overview ??? Sonja Vukovi?? ;
The potential for horse breeding in the vicinity of Viminacium ??? Dimitrije Markovi?? and Ilija Dankovi?? ;
Fish consumption and trade in Early Byzantine Cari??in Grad (Justiniana Prima) ??? Henriette Baron and Nemanja Markovi?? ;
Animal exploitation in the territory of present-day Serbia during the Medieval period: a zooarchaeological perspective ??? Teodora Mladenovi?? and Mladen Mladenovi??

About the Author

Nemanja Markovi?? is a research associate at the Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade (Serbia), specialising in zooarchaeology. The focus of his research is the reconstruction of past human-animal relationships, mainly in the field of animal economy, strategies in animal husbandry and palaeopathology. ;

Jelena Bulatovi?? is a research associate at the Laboratory for Bioarchaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade (Serbia). Her research interests focus on zooarchaeology, studying human-animal interrelationships in the central and western Balkans from the Early Neolithic to the Late Iron Age.