DOI issue:
Sudan
DOI article:Osypińska, Marta: Faunal remains from Banganarti season 2007
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.42093#0374
BANGANARTI
SUDAN
used in other functions, foremost as beasts of
burden and to a lesser extent as a source of
milk. Sheep and goat must have been used in
a similar capacity, that is, as sources of milk
and possibly also wool.
The results of the analysis of the
osteological asemblage from Banganarti
falls within the frame of current knowledge
on the subject of animal breeding and meat
consumption in the kingdom of Makuria.
The first of three general conclusions to be
drawn based on this study is that the animal
economy in the neighborhood of Banganarti
contemporary with the sacral complex was
based primarily on cattle breeding. Its role
as a source of meat and for other purposes
grew over time with a simultaneous drop
in the importance of pig. This demonstrates
a growing demand for high quality meat,
the wealth of the consumers as a class and an
evolution toward a village model of the
economy.
Secondly, the results of the archeozoo-
logical analysis of the material from
Banganarti are consistent with the current
state of knowledge on animal breeding in
Makuria in early and classic times.
Thirdly, the processes taking place in
animal breeding and economy in the
times of the kingdom of Makuria were
gradual and continuous in nature. There
seems to be no evidence for any violent
changes or influence of foreign types of
animal breeding.
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Akajewski, A.
1979 Anatomia zwierzqt domowych, Warszawa: PWRiL
Chaplin, E.R.
1971 The Study of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites, London-New York: Seminar Press
Driesch, A. von den
1976 A Guide to the Measurement of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites, Harvard: Harvard
University Press
Epstein, H.
1971 The Origin of the Domestic Animals of Africa, Leipzig: Africana Publication Corporation
Kolda, J.
1936 Srovnavaci anatomie zvirat domacich se zretelem k anatomii cloveka, Brno
Krysiak, K., Swiezyhski, K.
1987 Anatomia zivierzqt, Warszawa: PWN
Lasota-Moskalewska, A.
2005 Zwierzgta udomowione w dziejach ludzkosci, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu
Warszawskiego
Lutnicki, W.
1972 Uzgbienie zwierzqt domowych, Warszawa-Krakow: PWN
Osypihska, M.
2004 Animal bone remains from Old Dongola. Osteological material from Building B.I. on
Korn A, PAMXV [=Reports 2003], 224-230
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Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007
SUDAN
used in other functions, foremost as beasts of
burden and to a lesser extent as a source of
milk. Sheep and goat must have been used in
a similar capacity, that is, as sources of milk
and possibly also wool.
The results of the analysis of the
osteological asemblage from Banganarti
falls within the frame of current knowledge
on the subject of animal breeding and meat
consumption in the kingdom of Makuria.
The first of three general conclusions to be
drawn based on this study is that the animal
economy in the neighborhood of Banganarti
contemporary with the sacral complex was
based primarily on cattle breeding. Its role
as a source of meat and for other purposes
grew over time with a simultaneous drop
in the importance of pig. This demonstrates
a growing demand for high quality meat,
the wealth of the consumers as a class and an
evolution toward a village model of the
economy.
Secondly, the results of the archeozoo-
logical analysis of the material from
Banganarti are consistent with the current
state of knowledge on animal breeding in
Makuria in early and classic times.
Thirdly, the processes taking place in
animal breeding and economy in the
times of the kingdom of Makuria were
gradual and continuous in nature. There
seems to be no evidence for any violent
changes or influence of foreign types of
animal breeding.
REFERENCES
Akajewski, A.
1979 Anatomia zwierzqt domowych, Warszawa: PWRiL
Chaplin, E.R.
1971 The Study of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites, London-New York: Seminar Press
Driesch, A. von den
1976 A Guide to the Measurement of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites, Harvard: Harvard
University Press
Epstein, H.
1971 The Origin of the Domestic Animals of Africa, Leipzig: Africana Publication Corporation
Kolda, J.
1936 Srovnavaci anatomie zvirat domacich se zretelem k anatomii cloveka, Brno
Krysiak, K., Swiezyhski, K.
1987 Anatomia zivierzqt, Warszawa: PWN
Lasota-Moskalewska, A.
2005 Zwierzgta udomowione w dziejach ludzkosci, Warszawa: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu
Warszawskiego
Lutnicki, W.
1972 Uzgbienie zwierzqt domowych, Warszawa-Krakow: PWN
Osypihska, M.
2004 Animal bone remains from Old Dongola. Osteological material from Building B.I. on
Korn A, PAMXV [=Reports 2003], 224-230
368
Polish Archaeology in the Mediterranean 19, Reports 2007