Gonfienti (Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy), a zooarchaeological snapshot on daily sixth-century Etruscan household life
| العنوان: | Gonfienti (Prato, Tuscany, Central Italy), a zooarchaeological snapshot on daily sixth-century Etruscan household life |
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| المؤلفون: | Paul Mazza, Giulia Peri, Chiara Capalbo |
| المصدر: | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 13 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: | 2021 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Snapshot (photography), Archeology, Geography, Sixth century, Anthropology, Archaeology |
| الوصف: | Abstract While Etruscan sites have received considerable attention over the years, scholarly focus has rarely been directed on the faunal remains from the various celebrated archaeological localities. The present is a zooarchaeological analysis of archaeofaunal material from Gonfienti, a renowned Etruscan locality near Prato, in north-central Tuscany. The vast, complex archaeological site includes a large building, called Edifice 1, that was constructed starting from the sixth century BC. Predominant taphonomic signatures, human-induced damage, archaeobiological evidence and mortality patterns obtained from the study of the faunal remains from the building’s main phase of occupation revealed that the householders depended principally on cattle and subordinately on domestic suids for much of their subsistence, although game also formed part of the diet. The zooarchaeological interpretations match up very well with the interpretations of the excavators and archaeologists concerning the function of Edifice 1 and the use of some of its rooms. In addition, the low incidence of in situ weathering, extensive corrosion of cortical bone surfaces possibly by exposure to alkaline solutions and the relatively high frequency of waterfowls in the studied samples suggest that the area hosting Edifice 1 experienced very humid conditions and was surrounded by large wetland expanses at the time of its main Etruscan occupation. |
| تدمد: | 1866-9565 1866-9557 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::ab78837a94342a144ad781a4f69b413c https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-021-01436-8 |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi...........ab78837a94342a144ad781a4f69b413c |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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