Alba Regia. Annales Musei Stephani Regis. – Alba Regia. Az István Király Múzeum Évkönyve. 20. 1980 – Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei: C sorozat (1983)

Tanulmányok – Abhandlungen - Bartosiewicz László: Animal remains from a Medieval cess-pool. p. 169–180.

ten rib fragments. The determination of ribs and vertebrae is never quite reliable. Aside from red deer however, cattle was the only large animal eaten in medieval society. [The pagan custom of eating horse meat fell under the strict prohibition of the church in Hungary (BÖKÖNYI 1975)] Obviously due to the size of these animals big complete bones were not put on the table and probably even smaller made it into the cess-pool. The bones are therefore so fragmented that some of them are even difficult to recognize. It is not impossible that a considerable portion of the one dozen bone fragments which remained unidentified also come from cattle consumed during meals in the hall. Summary While the relatively small archaeozoological material of the Medieval cess-pool at Székesfehérvár—Sziget was not of sufficient size for quantitative evaluation, the bones reflect some of the eating habits from the period concerned. Although the ratios are not reliable, domestic species were important in the diet and hen, sheep, cattle and pig dominate the faunal material. The relatively great number of young individuals also suggests that the majority of fragments are the remains of meals. In this material, the smaller the animal species, the more of its bones are preserved. This last is probably due to the butchering and cooking techniques as well as eating customs. Fish and game are less characteristic of the material and the remains of two animals, probably pets, were identified in addition. TABLE I L. Bartosiewicz 1 Fish (Pisces) 1 Pike (Esox Iucius) Fragmentation Side Age Basis of identification 1 Dentary 1. fragment 2. fragment 3. spina 2 Operculum 1. fragment 2. suboperculum fragment 3 Cleithrum 1. without postclavicle 4 Branchiostegal 1. proximal end 2. proximal end left left left pointed, conical teeth (damaged) pointed, conal teeth elongated thorn, comparison part between the interoperculum and suboperculum, comparison comparison shape, the species is uncertain articular surface sword shape, articular surface 2 unidentified fragments of laminar texture 172