The Exploitation of Animal Resources During the Early Medieval Period. Case Study: The Settlements in Popeni Pe Pogor and Cuceu Valea Bochii (Sălaj County)
The Exploitation of Animal Resources During the Early Medieval Period. Case Study: The Settlements in Popeni Pe Pogor and Cuceu Valea Bochii (Sălaj County)

Summary/Abstract: The early medieval settlements in Popeni Pe pogor and Cuceu Valea Bochii have been researched archaeologically in 1978, 1979, and 1999. The two settlements have been dated based on their archaeologicalinventories: the site in Popeni Pe pogor to the second half of the 7th century and the first part of the 8th centuryand the one in Cuceu Valea Bochii to the second half of the 8th century and the first half of the 9th century. 842faunal remains were collected during the archaeological researches performed in Cuceu Valea Bochii and 615were collected in Popeni Pe pogor. The research method is specific to archaeology: anatomical, taxonomical and taphonomical identification of the fragments and their subsequent inclusion in a database that allows for a quantitative and statistical analysis, completed by osteometric measurements and estimations of the death and gender in the case of some species. The domestic and wild mammal remains indicate two of the main occupations of the researched human communities (animal husbandry and hunting). Animal husbandry was especially important in their obtaining of the necessary animal proteins.

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