Gaál Attila (szerk.): A Wosinszky Mór Múzeum Évkönyve 26. (Szekszárd, 2004)
Gál Erika: Murga – Schanz 13. századi földvár állatcsontleletei
Erika Gál Animal bone remains from the 13th century Murga - Schanz hill fort A number of 577 animal bone remains were excavated from the 13 th century Murga - Schanz hill fort in 2002. Cattle, goat, sheep, pig, cat, goose and hen could be identified among the domestic animals whose remains dominate the bone assemblage. Wild animals were represented by roe deer, fox and carp. Pig and cattle remains were the most numerous both in terms of the number of identified specimens (NISP) and minimal number of individuals (MNI). The age of the slaughtered animals as well as the recognized skeletal parts indicate that these two species provided the most quantity of meat in the hill fort. One of the cattle metatarsi showed marks of bone working. Remains of adult sheep and goat as well as poultry, indicate that these species were kept for their secondary products such as milk, wool, eggs and feathers above all. Owing to the lack of horn cores in the deposit we have no information regarding the breed or type of the ruminants. The relative abundance of pig and poultry remains and the total absence of horse bones would indicate that the Murga - Schanz hill fort was rather an urban settlement than a village. The few remains of game animals suggest opportunistic hunting that was probably the privilege of aristocracy in the Árpád Period. Both the species and bone elements identified, as well as the taphonomic modifications show that food remains were excavated. Bones of inedible animals (e.g. fox) and workshop refuse must represent secondary accumulations in the domestic residue. 22 22 Az angol nyelvű kivonat nyelvi helyességét Bartosiewicz László ellenőrizte. 250
