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X.Elisabeta Berendi: Archaeozoological Description of the Faunal Remnants

bone material, and only one small horn fragment reminds us of a ruminant, but that is Capra hircus. The few bones of this pit are all filled with gnawing and cutting marks, except for the almost complete Sus scrofa skull.

Pic. 7: Red deer antler from ritual pit no. 268 with measurement points

Cxl9: Ritual pit, only one diaphysis fragment found in it, coming from a large mammal, but broken into 26 fragments, splinters and bone-ash, so no further information is available.

Cx32: Defined as ritual pit, it contained the following: 5 fragments of unidentified bone elements, a calf’s milk-tooth, and the basal part of a cattle horn.

Cx33: Ritual pit, according to the archaeological description, all bones were collected in the inferior part of the pit. Although they were very badly preserved, some of them could still be defined: 16 unidentified fragments, 2 pelvis fragments coming from 2 different, medium sized mammals, 5 cattle bones (a gnawed and cut metacarpus fragment, a cut mandible fragment, 2 upper molars, and a lower premolar), 2 Ovicaprinae teeth (lower premolar and molar), and the only bird bone from the site. Considering the condition of these bones, they were probably under some serious chemical impact, may this be an acid soil, or simply the effect of rotting meat attracting animals, or anything else. However, they were most probably put there on purpose, and interestingly no full body-parts, but individual elements were used.

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