H 290 x W 205 mm
198 pages
Illustrated throughout in black & white
Published Nov 2020
ISBN
Paperback: 9781789696936
Digital: 9781789696943
Keywords
Zooarchaeology; Balkans; Late Neolithic; Bronze Age; Iron Age; Medieval; Animal Husbandry
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Edited by Nemanja Marković, Jelena Bulatović
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.
Foreword – Nemanja Marković and Jelena Bulatović ;
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 Vukosavljević and Dario Vujević ;
Bone technology from the Early Neolithic site of Bataševo (Serbia) – Selena Vitezović, Nemanja Marković and Velibor Katić ;
Herding and hunting at Vinča – Belo Brdo and Stubline during the Late Neolithic, a stable isotopic perspective – Rosalind E. Gillis, Jelena Bulatović, Kristina Penezić, Miloš Spasić, Nenad N. Tasić and Cheryl A. Makarewicz ;
Fishing techniques in the Late Neolithic Vinča culture: fish hooks from the site of Vinča – Belo Brdo – Selena Vitezović ;
Storage practice and problems with pests in the Late Neolithic: two examples from the central Balkans – Đurđa Obradović ;
Images of half-persons, hybrids and surreal creatures in the Late Neolithic Vinča culture – Miloš Spasić ;
Animals in the Early Bronze Age funerary practice at Mokrin and Ostojićevo cemeteries, Serbia – Tamara Blagojević ;
New data from the old records: zooarchaeological remains from Late Bronze and Early Iron Age sites in northern Bosnia – Jelena Bulatović and Aleksandar Jašarević ;
Zooarchaeological research of the Late La Tène period in Serbia: an overview of the data – Teodora Radišić ;
Animal husbandry and hunting in Roman provinces in Serbia: a zooarchaeological overview – Sonja Vuković ;
The potential for horse breeding in the vicinity of Viminacium – Dimitrije Marković and Ilija Danković ;
Fish consumption and trade in Early Byzantine Caričin Grad (Justiniana Prima) – Henriette Baron and Nemanja Marković ;
Animal exploitation in the territory of present-day Serbia during the Medieval period: a zooarchaeological perspective – Teodora Mladenović and Mladen Mladenović