Data on husbandry and hunting in the Early Starčevo-Criş settlement from Miercurea Sibiului – ‘Petriş’ (Sibiu County) Cover Image

Data on husbandry and hunting in the Early Starčevo-Criş settlement from Miercurea Sibiului – ‘Petriş’ (Sibiu County)
Data on husbandry and hunting in the Early Starčevo-Criş settlement from Miercurea Sibiului – ‘Petriş’ (Sibiu County)

Author(s): El Susi Georgeta
Subject(s): Archaeology
Published by: Editura Cetatea de Scaun
Keywords: Starčevo-Criş culture; Miercurea Sibiului; survival rate; bustard; aurochs

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the analysis of fauna, unearthed from the oldest level of living (note I), from culture Starčevo-Criş, of about 1356 fragments. Of these, 297 bones come from the level Ia (Starčevo-Criş IB-IC), 881 bones from level Ib (corresponding to phase IC-IIA) and 178 bones from level Ic (corresponding to phase IIB-IIIA. In the first part of the paper, we provide data on the distribution of samples in the complexes belonging to each level. Exploitation strategies are then analyzed in domestic species and in the end we insist on taxa share oscillation between levels.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 39-58
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English