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ANIMAL REMAINS FROM URBAN EXCAVATION IN THE OLD TOWN DISTRICT IN GŁOGÓW
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The sample submitted for analysis comes form an archaeological investigation made in 2007-2008 in plots nos. 6/12 and 6/21 at Długa St. and Kuźnicza St. in Głogów. Out of a total of 3747 animal bone and tooth fragments determination was made for 3124 fragments, or 83.4%. The sample was dated to the period 12th/13th - 19th c. The largest group were domesticated mammals (97.5%). Except for dog and cat almost all elements of the skeleton are represented (Tab. 2). The percentage of wild mammals was less than 1%, bird remains accounted for 2.4%. No remains of fish were identified. The bone remains were mostly consumption waste. Bones of pig, cattle and small ruminants in particular had marks of chopping, cutting, filleting and heat treatment. Similar traces were absent from bones of horse, dog and cat, showing that the meat of these species was not used. Except for a single bone of wild boar and a rodent incisor, all the animal remains were from domestic animals, mammals and birds. No domination of any particular species was determined. This could mean that pork and beef were consumed in similar proportions, with mutton and goat’s meat forming only a slightly lower percentage. Most of the animals were butchered when mature, only in a few rare cases, the bones belonged to anatomically immature individuals. For cattle, there were more females, whereas in the case of pig and horse the investigated remains were from males. No sex determination was made for the other animal species. The meat of fowls, chiefly hen, enjoyed a relative popularity but game did not play an important role in the diet of the inhabitants of the investigated town properties. No remains of fish were identified but this could result from insufficiently precise methods of recovery of the bone material during the excavation. The analysed sample also included fragments of bone identified as production waste. These were mainly cut off fragments of bovine metatarsal and metapodial epiphyses (Fig. 5) and, to a lesser extent, of horses, as well as splinters and flat pieces of bone cut out from the bone shaft (Fig. 6). Dated to the 14th and the 15th c. they were discovered on plot no. 6/21, property 14, very likely, the site of a bone and antler working workshop. Based on this bone waste we may conclude that the main object of production were composite combs and various side plates.
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