Horses in the suburbs of a medieval city – a case study from Brno (Czech Republic)
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F48511005%3A_____%2F24%3AN0000005" target="_blank" >RIV/48511005:_____/24:N0000005 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/26268469:_____/24:N0000006 RIV/00216224:14210/24:00137787 RIV/00025798:_____/24:10169451
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2024v59a11" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2024v59a11</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/anthropozoologica2024v59a11" target="_blank" >10.5252/anthropozoologica2024v59a11</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Horses in the suburbs of a medieval city – a case study from Brno (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The article presents a set of horse skeletons (11 individuals) found at three excavation sites south of the city of Brno (Czech Republic), dated to the Late Medieval and Early Modern periods. The skeletons were deliberately deposited within agricultural estates and the assemblage consisted of complete or near-complete skeletons. The osteological assemblage was therefore suitable for further analysis. Firstly, the withers height and robusticity of individual equines were determined. The majority of them were slightly taller and more slender-legged than those of earlier periods and smaller than contemporary riding and draft horses. With one exception, they were determined to be males and majority died at around 7-14 years of age. Pathological findings observed on the skull and second premolars can be most likely related to the working history of those individuals. Changes to the spinal column are in most cases rather mild or absent suggesting that the horses studied were probably not used for extensive heavy work. The relatively high incidence of other pathological changes indicates poor health care, with two individuals showing signs of a possible bacterial infection. The origin and mobility of the individuals were reconstructed by strontium analyses. With one exception, all individuals were most likely born and died in the same region.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Anthropozoologica
ISSN
0761-3032
e-ISSN
2107-0881
Volume of the periodical
59
Issue of the periodical within the volume
11
Country of publishing house
FR - FRANCE
Number of pages
27
Pages from-to
155-181
UT code for WoS article
001379560000001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85213281858