Published: 2022-12-31

Meat consumption patterns at the late Medieval castle in Sanok (site 1, Sanok commune, Podkarpackie province)

Joanna Piątkowska-Małecka , Piotr Kotowicz
Archeologia Polski
Section: Studies
DOI https://doi.org/10.23858/APol67.2022.007

Abstract

The article presents the results of an archaeozoological analysis of faunal skeletal remains discovered during excavations in 2011 in the courtyard of the royal castle in Sanok. Under study were mammal and bird skeletal remains from layers dated from the mid-14th to the beginning of the 16th c. Beef was a staple meat in the diet of the residents of the Sanok castle, supplemented with pork, mutton and goat meat, and to a small extent also wild game and birds. There appears to have been a preference for the parts of the carcass with consumption value, such as the shoulder and haunch from individuals slaughtered at a young age, mostly males.

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archaeozoology, animal skeletal remains, royal residence, southeastern Poland, Sanok, late medieval times

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Piątkowska-Małecka, J., & Kotowicz, P. (2022). Meat consumption patterns at the late Medieval castle in Sanok (site 1, Sanok commune, Podkarpackie province). Archeologia Polski, 67, 199–234. https://doi.org/10.23858/APol67.2022.007

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