Pig-Breeding Management in the Early Medieval Stronghold at Mikulčice (Eighth-Ninth Centuries, Czech Republic)

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F22%3A10134791" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/22:10134791 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/68081758:_____/22:00534285 RIV/00216208:11310/22:10449512 RIV/67985912:_____/22:00534285 RIV/60076658:12310/22:43904750
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14614103.2020.1782583?journalCode=yenv20" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14614103.2020.1782583?journalCode=yenv20</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14614103.2020.1782583" target="_blank" >10.1080/14614103.2020.1782583</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Pig-Breeding Management in the Early Medieval Stronghold at Mikulčice (Eighth-Ninth Centuries, Czech Republic)
Original language description
The archaeozoological analysis sets point to the vital role of pigs in the subsistence economy of Early Medieval Mikulcice, an important Great Moravian centre (Czech Republic). The results of slaughtering distribution analyses indicate that pigs were a meat source for a consumer population. Analyses of stable isotopes of nitrogen and carbon suggest that the demand for pork was predominantly met by animals raised by extensive husbandry. In addition to extensive breeding, small-scale household rearing was also documented. The assumed length of the fattening period represented a more important factor for delta N-15 values. It has been determined that pigs that were slaughtered at the latest after two years consumed protein-richer fodder when the roots of their third molars were formed. By contrast, the collagen of pigs that were expected from the outset to be used for long-term breeding shows lower values of the isotope in question. It has also been corroborated that the root dentine collagen of domestic pigs from the bailey has slightly higher average delta N-15 values compared to the collagen of pigs from the acropolis. Such a difference may be explained by different husbandry management techniques having been applied within a single settlement.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology

Project
<a href="/en/project/GA17-01878S" target="_blank" >GA17-01878S: Lifestyle and identity of the Great Moravian nobility: archaeological and bioarchaeological analysis of the evidence of Mikulčice’s uppermost elites</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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