Vol. 71 No. 3 (2019)
Research Article

Trends in the consumption of meat and other animal products in medieval Prague

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  • Lenka Kovačiková,
  • Olga Trojánková,
  • Petr Meduna,
  • Petr Starec,
  • Martin Burian,
  • Jarmila Čiháková,
  • Jan Frolík
Lenka Kovačiková
Laboratoř archeobotaniky a paleoekologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta JČU, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice
Olga Trojánková
Laboratoř archeobotaniky a paleoekologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta JČU, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice; Ústav pro archeologii FF UK v Praze, Celetná 20, CZ-116 42 Praha 1
Petr Meduna
Laboratoř archeobotaniky a paleoekologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta JČU, Branišovská 31, CZ-370 05 České Budějovice; Centrum pro teoretická studia UK, AV ČR, Husova 4, CZ-110 00 Praha 1
Petr Starec
Muzeum hlavního města Prahy, Kožná 1, CZ-110 01 Praha 1
Martin Burian
Ústav pro archeologii FF UK, Celetná 20, CZ-116 42 Praha 1
Jarmila Čiháková
Národní památkový ústav, územní odborné pracoviště v Praze, Na Perštýně 12, CZ-110 00 Praha 1
Jan Frolík
Archeologický ústav AV ČR, Letenská 4, CZ-118 01 Praha
DOI: https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2019.21

Published 01-09-2019

Keywords

  • animal skeletal remains,
  • Middle Ages,
  • consumption,
  • animal production,
  • Prague

How to Cite

Kovačiková, L., Trojánková, O., Meduna, P., Starec, P., Burian, M., Čiháková, J., & Frolík, J. (2019). Trends in the consumption of meat and other animal products in medieval Prague. Archeologické Rozhledy, 71(3), 529–552. https://doi.org/10.35686/AR.2019.21
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Abstract

Assemblages of animal bones and teeth dated to the 8th–14th century AD were collected during archaeological excavations at several Prague locations (Prague Castle, Lesser Town and Old Town). The acquired osteological material is waste resulting mainly from the butchering and consumption of meat. A detailed evaluation of this material with a focus on the taxonomic representation, the slaughter age and the sex of the animals provides more detailed information on both the composition of the diet and the quality of meat, but also the use of other animal products. By means of a comparison of multiple assemblages on the spatial and temporal level, we attempted to gain a better understanding of the trends in animal husbandry and the consumption of their products in medieval Prague.

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