FAUNAL REMAINS FROM BANGANARTI, SEASON 2007
FAUNAL REMAINS FROM BANGANARTI, SEASON 2007

Summary/Abstract: The excavations in the Banganarti churches had yielded very little faunal but the excavation of the curtain provided a collective assemblage of 2347 bone fragments. Another 26 fragments came from the Lower Church and 32 fragments from the West Building. The preservation of the bone assemblage which was recovered from the excavations was permitted practically full identification of the remains. The archaeozoological analysis of osteological material comprised determination of the species and anatomical identification of the remains, followed by ageing and sexing and morphological studies of the domesticated species. Four mammal domesticates: cattle, sheep, goat and pig, constituted the main source of meat for consumption. Cattle was represented in the greatest abundance, indicating a preference for beef both among the residents of Banganarti and the pilgrims. The results of the analysis of the osteological assemblage from Banganarti falls within the frame of current knowledge on the subject of animal breeding and meat consumption in the kingdom of Makuria.

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