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Diatery habits at Vrbovec Castle in NW Croatia: archaeozoological evidence

The castle of Vrbovec lies on a steep slope offering a splendid view of the Sutla river valley, in the village Klenovec Humski in very northwestern part od Croatia. Vrbovec Castle or castrum Vrbouch is directly or indirectly mentioned in historical sources in the period between 1267 and 1497. Archaeological excavations point to an even earlier time of its erection, i.e. the very end of the 12th century, and to an even longer continuity of its use until the mid 16th cent. An archaeozoological analysis was carried out on the faunal remains from the stratigraphically excavated layers. The sample consists of a total of around 6850 fragments of bones, teeth and horns, of which 20.92% were determined as mammals (Mammalia), 3.17% as birds (Aves) and 0.23% as remains of fish (Pisces). Indeterminate fragments amounted to 75.68%.

castle of Vrbovec ; North-western Croatia ; diatery habits ; animal bones ; archaeozoology

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