Budapest Régiségei 32. (1998)

TANULMÁNYOK - Vörös István: Későközépkori gabonásvermek állatcsont leletei a Csepel-szigeten 323-328

ISTVÁN VÖRÖS ANIMAL BONES REMAINS FROM THE LATE MEDIEVAL GRAIN STORAGE PITS ON CSEPEL ISLAND Two grain storage pits, with late medieval finds dated to 1500-1510 were discovered on the western edge of Csepel Island, along the path of the planned MO Motorway (Katalin Melis, Budapest History Museum). The animal bone material in these storage pits was typical culinary and food refuse found in a primary position. Altogether 1306 animal bones and 22 riverine mussel shells were collected. The species identified were as follows: cattle, sheep, pig, domestic hen, brown hare and jackdaw (Table 1). Of the animal bones, 78.1 % originated from domesticates (all of them of economic importance), 13.2 % represented wild birds and fish, 8.5 % were the bones of domestic hen, while 0.2 % came from game. The anatomical classification of bones from domestic animals is shown in Table 2, while distributions by body region are listed in Table 3. Osteological measurements are summarized in Tables 5 and 6. A remarkably high number offish remains came to light from Pit 1, which represented at least three species. In addition to the possible keeping of jackdaw as a pet, its meat was also consumed in spite of its relatively unsavory flavor. The three domestic mammals and domestic hen are similar to those of the previous and subsequent centuries both in terms of types and sizes. The primary butchering and culinary processing of animals shows a well established practice. 328