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Cattle trade across the Danube at Vác (Hungary)

László BARTOSIEWICZ

en Anthropozoologica 21 - Pages 189-195

Published on 01 November 1995

This article is a part of the thematic issue Animal in man's space, man in the animal space. Proceedings of the 5th international meeting of HASRI, Genova, 23-25 November 1994

The tumultous history of the Carpathian Basin did not favor the preservation of medieval records in Hungary. Excavations at the urban site of Vác provided a unique opportunity to compare the role of cattle in both the local diet and vieil documented large scale trading utilizing the town's ferry. Trends seen in the archaeological and historical sources confirm each other. Direct parallels, however, should be treated with extreme caution.


Keywords:

Cattle Bones, Médieval Hungary, Animal Trade, Seasonality, Written Sources.

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