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Nutrition of medieval town populations according to archaeozoological evidence
Winklerová, Dagmar ; Kyselý, René (advisor) ; Kovačiková, Lenka (referee)
Through a through exploration of available literature, this dissertation presents an overview of the explanatory capacity of Czech archeozoology and archeobotany regarding dietary practices of medival urban communities. The first section offers a summary of published information obtained through archeological research of medieval towns. Subsequently, the paper attempts a more detailed insight into the issue through the use of two case studies of selected urban locations. In the final section, it then contemplates the possibilities and limitations of comparative approaches and assesses the potential of environmental studies in documenting various forms of supply structures of medieval cities. Key words Archaeobotany, zooarchaeology, High Middle Ages, medieval towns, diet, Most, Chrudim
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Breeding and utilisation of domestic animals during early and high Middle Ages according to osteological material from the region of Czech Republic
Winklerová, Dagmar ; Kyselý, René (referee) ; Klápště, Jan (advisor)
This paper presents a summary of up to now published findings concerning domestic animals of early and high Middle Ages, their size, features and possibilities of their utilization. On the strength of available data, importance of archaeozoology is proven in connection with huge social and economical changes during the medieval transformations. The significance of archaeozoology in solving various historical or environmental questions is still not sufficiently appreciated. There are several important elements that depreciate the validity of the evidence provided by archaeozoological sources; bone and other animal remains deposition, working of taphonomic processes, circumstances of archeological survey, or problems associated with methods of evaluation of osteological analyse. We can say that the most important domestic animals were bovid, pig and sheep/goat (hard to differ in skeletal material). The proportion in distribution, regarding individual animal species depends on the type and age of the site, its level of development, environmental conditions, or different culture terms (as social taboos). Firstly, the bovines of Middle Ages were small, at about 100 - 130 cm high, and affected as one kind, described as brachyceros. According to age and gender composition, it reflects combined production of meat...
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