Livestock as an indicator of socioeconomic changes in Medieval Prague (Czech Republic)

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/67985912:_____/20:00539088

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-020-01229-5" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs12520-020-01229-5</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>

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 ninth to fourteenth 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&apos;s dietary behaviour in Prague underwent a transformation at the beginning of the High Middle Ages (thirteenth century). This change has been attributed to large-scale socioeconomic transformations, which may have affected animal management practices. Stable carbon (delta C-13) and nitrogen (delta N-15) 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 delta N-15 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 delta N-15 value of the dietary sources. It has also been corroborated that the root dentine collagen of High Medieval cattle has slightly higher average delta N-15 values when compared to cattle from the earlier period, which could be related to gradual changes in landscape utilization and soil processing, such as fertilization.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - 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/GA18-10003S" target="_blank" >GA18-10003S: The animals of medieval town. Archaeozoology and stable isotope analysis</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2020

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

ISSN

1866-9557

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

12

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

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UT code for WoS article

000592966800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85096764197