A Nyíregyházi Jósa András Múzeum évkönyve 41. - 1999 (Nyíregyháza, 1999)

Régészet - István Vörös: Animal bones of the Hun Age settlement in Tiszavasvári

Vörös István Animal bones of the Hun Age settlement in Tiszavasvári In 1983-85 Eszter Istvánovits (JósaAndrás Museum, Nyíregyháza) conducted excavations at the site of Tiszavasvári-Városföldje, Jegyző-tag. At the Hun Age settlement dated to the 5th century, remains of eight domestic animals have been found, that of cattle, sheep, goat, pig, horse, ass, dog and hen. Beside them there have been four wild mammals: red deer, roe deer, wild boar and brown hare (Table 1). The archaeozoological material - except for the dog vertebra - belongs to remnants coming from the draw, preparation of animals and secondary products of crafts. Among the bone finds 97% (529 pieces) are composed by the remains of domestic animals: 94% of domestic mammals are made by 3 farm animals cattle (63.8 %), small ruminants (22.7 %), pigs (7.5 %). The amount of horse bones makes 4.8 %, that of the ass is 0.8% and that of the dog is 0.4%. The height of the cows was 110.7-113.6 cm, the height of the bulls was 120.3 cm. The height of the sheep was between 59-64 cm. Pigs were of medium size. Horses were low (128.5 cm), ass was 105 cm high. The frequency of farm animals was the following: cattle - sheep - pig. Big wild animals were represented by one bone each: that of red deer, roe deer and wild boar. Antlers of the first two ones were cut into pieces. Topographic division of the archaeozoological remains is asymmetric: 89.8% of the bones were found in houses and only 10.2 % were in pits. Translated by Valéria Kulcsár István VÖRÖS Hungarian National Museum Budapest H-1370, Pf. 364. 266