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Tugya Beáta: Nagykanizsa–Miklósfa–Romlott vár (Botszentgyörgy vára) 16. századi állatcsont leletei
192 Tugva Beáta VÁNDOR 1995 Vándor László: Botszentgyörgy vára (Az ún. Romlott-vár kutatásainak eredményeiből). Nagykanizsai Honismereti Füzetek 9. 1995. 48. VÁNDOR 2010 Vándor László: Az ásatás rövid leírása - Régészeti feltárás Nagykanizsa-Miklósfa-Rom- lottvár lelőhelyen (KÖH 20266) 2010. június 21 - július 30. VÖRÖS 2003 Vörös, István: Sixteeth- and Seventeenth-century Animal Bone Finds in Hungary. Gerelyes, Ibolya — Kovács, Gyöngyi eds.: Archaeology of the Ottoman Period in Hungary. Papers of the conference held at the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, 24-26 May 2000. Budapest, 2003. 351-364. ZOLNAY 1977 Zolnay László: Kineses Magyarország. Középkori művelődésünk történetéből. Budapest, 1977. Nagykanizsa-Miklósfa-Romlottvár (Castle of Botszentgyörgy) Animal bones finding in 16th century The construction works of the Castle of Botszentgyörgy began in second half of the 15th century, however it was destroyed only a few decades later in 1570. Between 1969 and 2010, there were archaeological fieldworks in the castle ruin, so the castle’s archaeological excavation is complete. This study examines the 16th century animals’ bones, which were found in the area of the castle. It also describes the worked bones and antlers. The 662 animal bone pieces of a relatively small amount of kitchen waste were identified partly by Sándor Bökönyi in 1980, and mainly by the author in 2015. The bones from domestic animals give 92.4% (612 pieces) of the determinant findings and 72% of the smallest number of individuals (31 individuals). Not only the meat of domestic animals was eaten, but they hunted at least four types of wild animals (deer, red deer, wild boar, hare) and two different fish were also on the menu of the aristocracy. There is a rare piece among the 16th century findings: first pectoral spine of a great sturgeon. The great sturgeon is a sea fish, it only swims to spawn into the rivers. Great sturgeon remains are rarer compared with other fish species’ remains, because sturgeons belong to Ganoids. Their skulls and whole skeleton are cartilaginous thus these parts are not usually maintained, they are destroyed. The swimming rays become bony, they have a better chance of survival. The uniqueness of the finding, apart from its size, is that great a sturgeon bone had never been found in the south-western region of Transdanubia except Romlottvár. Worked objects also offer an insight into the life of the castle: e.g. hilts, household object (e.g. a comb). A semi-finished, decorated gunpowder flask made of antler also raises the importance of the findings. Translated by Veronika Nagy
