A Békés Megyei Múzeumok Közleményei 30. (Békéscsaba, 2007)

Bóka Gergely–Tugya Beáta: Animal bone finds of a Scythian well in Békéscsaba

Egy békéscsabai szkíta kút állatcsontleletei IV/3. Békés és Békéscsaba környéke. (Szerk.: Jankovich B. D.) Budapest, 1998. PATAY 1961 Patay P.: Az alsótelekesi vaskori temető. FolArch, XIII. (1961) 27-50. TEICHERT 1975 Teichert, M.: Osteologische Untersuchungen zur Berechnung der Widerristhöhe bei Schafen. In: Clason, A. T. (ed.): Archaeozoological Studies. Amsterdam-New York, 1975. 51-69. UERPMANN 1973 Uerpmann, H. P.: Animal bone finds and economic archaeology: A critical study of 'osteo-archaeological'method. World Archaeology, 4/3. (1973) 307-322. VADAY 2000 Vaday A.: Salgótarján, Ipari-park II. lelőhely. RKM, 2000. (2003) 31-38. Animal bone finds of a Scythian well in Békéscsaba - Gergely Bóka - Beáta Tugya Resume In 1987, Edit Nikolin archeologist of the Munkácsy Mihály Museum of Békéscsaba conducted a rescue excavation at the clay-pit No. 3 of the 'Cserépipari Vállalaf (Roofing Tile Company). The animal bone material of two Scythian Age wells got into the museum. From one of the wells only a single animal bone, the distal fraction of a horse humerus got in. From the other one numerous vertebrate animal remains were preserved. The object contained 141 animal bones altogether. Amongst the remains, we have found swine bones in the largest number, altogether 112 pieces, which means 82,4 percent. In addition, the well contained some cattle (8 pieces, 5,9 percent), sheep/goat (6 pieces, 4,4 percent), horse (5 pieces, 3,7 percent) and four dog bones (2,9 percent) as well as a single hare bone (0,7 percent). From the numerous swine bones we can conclude two specimens and from the bones of the other species to one specimen respectively. About the sheep/goat and the horse as well as both swine, it can be ascertained that they could be butchered in their youth, in not full-grown age. We have taken notice of chewing marks only in case of two bones. The consumption of dog is hardly credible, since on its bones there are no chewing marks. An entirely intact femur points also to this fact. The detailed publications upon the animal bone material of the Scythian Age set161