Ad Palatinas acipensem mittite mensas: Fish remains from Viminacium
The paper presents the results of archaezoological analysis of fish remains from three locations at Viminacium (the Amphitheatre, Nad Klepečkom and Pirivoj), discussed jointly with finds of fishing equipment and relevant written sources on the subject. Albeit small and biased due to the...
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| Format: | Article |
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Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia
2019-01-01
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0241/2019/0350-02411969183Z.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper presents the results of archaezoological analysis of fish remains
from three locations at Viminacium (the Amphitheatre, Nad Klepečkom and
Pirivoj), discussed jointly with finds of fishing equipment and relevant
written sources on the subject. Albeit small and biased due to the
hand-collection of animal bones, the fish faunal assemblage from Vimincium
provides valuable data on the choice of exploited species, fishing and fish
transportation practices, and patterns of consumption and deposition in the
city and its surroundings. In addition to remains of locally available
freshwater fish, occurring at all three sites, the Amphitheatre sample
contained the remains of large anadromous sturgeons, possibly obtained from
the downstream, Iron Gates area. Their size, contextual provenance, as well
as their exceptional status according to written sources, indicates that
there had been notable differences in access to high-quality fish among the
different social classes at Viminacium. [Project of the Serbian Ministry of
Education, Science and Technological Development, Grant no. III 47018:
Viminacium, Roman city and military camp - research of the material and non
material culture of inhabitants by using the modern technologies of remote
detection, geophysics, GIS, digitalization and 3D visualization and Grant no. III 47001: Bioarchaeology of Ancient Europe - humans, animals and
plants in the prehistory of Serbia] |
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| ISSN: | 0350-0241 2406-0739 |