Livestock as an indicator of socioeconomic changes in Medieval Prague (Czech Republic)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/00216208:11620/20:10417444
Result on the web
<a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8T3V-5zuSY" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=8T3V-5zuSY</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-020-01229-5" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12520-020-01229-5</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Livestock as an indicator of socioeconomic changes in Medieval Prague (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The continuity of occupation at the settlement of Prague, Czech Republic from the 9th to 14th centuries makes it a good case study for investigating the evolution of animal husbandry practices during the Early and High Middle Ages. Previous archaeozoological work shows that people's dietary behaviour in Prague underwent a transformation at the beginning of the High Middle Ages (13th century). This change has been attributed to large-scale socioeconomic transformations, which may have affected animal management practices. Stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope analysis of the tooth dentine collagen of livestock (cattle, domestic pigs, sheep and goats) from three different areas in Prague (the Lesser Town, Prague Castle, and the Old Town) presented in this study provides support for this hypothesis. The range of stable isotope values increased over time, which may, in addition to a farm-household model, indicate a more advanced system of livestock supply - for example through urban markets - and may also be explained by more diversified breeding conditions in the town and its surroundings. The results show an increase in the δ15N values in pig diet over time and suggest that their management changed. This difference may have been caused by increased animal protein intake or higher δ15N value of the dietary sources. It has also been corroborated that the root dentine collagen of High Medieval cattle has slightly higher average δ15N values when compared to cattle from the earlier period, which could be related to gradual changes in landscape utilisation and soil processing, such as fertilisation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
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
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences [online]
ISSN
1866-9565
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2020
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
20
Pages from-to
283
UT code for WoS article
000592966800001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85096764197