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Archaeozoological Finds from Ernei – “Quarry”.

  • Subiect: The archaeological site of Ernei is located east of the road leading from Tîrgu-Mureş to Reghin, on the left bank of the Mureş River, between 320 and 340 metres above the level of the Black Sea. The place referred to by the villagers as “the Quarry” belongs to the village of Ernei and is situated just outside the entrance to the village on the south side. Today the Mureş River flows at a significant distance from the site, but in earlier centuries it was much closer, as evidenced not only by the crusts beneath the archaeological layers but also by maps of the region dating from the 18th and 19th centuries. Processing of the excavated animal bones took place between 20 and 24 July 2004. The majority of the 1374 fragments examined (1176 pieces) can be dated precisely, with the largest number of bones dating from the Bronze Age, followed by the Gothic period and lastly by early Iron Age remains. On account of its geographical features, the residential terrace, inhabited since the Bronze Age, was as advantageous to agricultural peoples as to those engaged in animal husbandry. The oldest Bronze Age layer of the multilayer settlement at Ernei makes this a source of valuable data about the life style of the people of the Wietenberg culture; its Iron Age layer sheds light on the distinctiveness of the Gáva culture, while the finds dating from the migration-era settlement provide a glimpse of the Goths’ way of life. There is still little known about the fauna of any of the three eras, since it is only in recent years that collaboration between archaeology and archaeozoology has become popular. An overall picture of the fauna of these eras will emerge only as the number of archaeozoological studies increases.
  • Limba de redactare: engleză
  • Secţiunea: Studii şi articole. Istorie veche şi arheologie
  • Vezi publicația: Sargetia. Acta Musei Devensis
  • Editura: Astra
  • Loc publicare: Deva
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2005
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: XXXIII; anul 2005; subtitlu: Acta Musei Devensis
  • Paginaţia: 121-130
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