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- The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
- Foreword
- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Online Supplementary Material
- Zooarchaeology in the twenty-first century: where we come from, where we are now, and where we are going
- Humans and mammals in the Upper Palaeolithic of Russia
- The zooarchaeology of complexity and specialization during the Upper Palaeolithic in Western Europe: changing diversity and evenness
- Mesolithic hunting and fishing in the coastal and terrestrial environments of the eastern Baltic
- Archaeozoological techniques and protocols for elaborating scenarios of early colonization and Neolithization of Cyprus
- Zooarchaeological results from Neolithic and Bronze Age wetland and dryland sites in the Central Alpine Foreland: economic, ecologic, and taphonomic relevance
- Zooarchaeology in the Carpathian Basin and adjacent areas
- Sheep, sacrifices, and symbols: animals in Later Bronze Age Greece
- Changes in lifestyle in ancient Rome (Italy) across the Iron Age/Roman transition: the evidence from animal remains
- Zooarchaeology of the Scandinavian settlements in Iceland and Greenland: diverging pathways
- Fishing, wildfowling, and marine mammal exploitation in northern Scotland from prehistory to Early Modern times
- Zooarchaeological evidence for Muslim improvement of sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) in Portugal
- The zooarchaeology of Medieval Ireland
- Animals in urban life in Medieval to Early Modern England
- From bovid to beaver: mammal exploitation in Medieval northwest Russia
- The emergence of livestock husbandry in Early Neolithic Anatolia
- Patterns of animal exploitation in western Turkey: from Palaeolithic molluscs to Byzantine elephants
- South Asian contributions to animal domestication and pastoralism: bones, genes, and archaeology
- The zooarchaeology of Neolithic China
- Subsistence economy, animal domestication, and herd management in prehistoric central Asia (Neolithic–Iron Age)
- Introduction of domestic animals to the Japanese archipelago
- Farming, social change, and state formation in Southeast Asia
- The zooarchaeology of early historic periods in the southern Levant
- Middle and Later Stone Age hunters and their prey in southern Africa
- Pastoralism in sub-Saharan Africa: emergence and ramifications
- Cattle, a major component of the Kerma culture (Sudan)
- The zooarchaeology of Iron Age farmers from southern Africa
- The exploitation of aquatic resources in Holocene West Africa
- Animals in ancient Egyptian religion: belief, identity, power, and economy
- Animals, acculturation, and colonization in ancient and Islamic North Africa
- Historical zooarchaeology of colonialism, mercantilism, and indigenous dispossession: the Dutch East India Company’s meat industry at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Zooarchaeology of the pre-Contact Northwest coast of North America
- Fauna and the emergence of intensive agricultural economies in the United States Southwest
- 13,000 years of communal bison hunting in western North America
- Advances in hunter-gatherer research in Mexico: archaeozoological contributions
- The exploitation of aquatic environments by the Olmec and Epi-Olmec
- Tracking the trade in animal pelts in early historic eastern North America
- Animal use at early colonies on the southeastern coast of the United States
- Zooarchaeology of the Maya
- Zooarchaeological approaches to Pre-Columbian archaeology in the neotropics of northwestern South America
- Zooarchaeology of Brazilian shell-mounds
- Camelid hunting and herding in Inca times: a view from the south of the empire
- Forests, steppes, and coastlines: zooarchaeology and the prehistoric exploitation of Patagonian habitats
- Themes in the zooarchaeology of Pleistocene Melanesia
- Behavioural inferences from Late Pleistocene Aboriginal Australia: seasonality, butchery, and nutrition in southwest Tasmania
- Regional and chronological variations in energy harvests from prehistoric fauna in New Zealand
- Spatial variability and human eco-dynamics in central East Polynesian fisheries
- Online Supplementary Material
- A Glossary of Zooarchaeological Methods
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
Abstract and Keywords
This chapter reviews evidence for the exploitation of animals in Medieval northwest Russia, highlighting the evidence from the town of Novgorod and its hinterland. The zooarchaeological evidence from this region has been complemented by other sources of archaeological and documentary evidence. Most faunal assemblages are dominated by cattle, which were of small stature and exploited mainly for their meat and milk. There is evidence that pigs became less important in later periods. Sheep and goat were poorly represented on most sites, but with goats forming a higher proportion of the sheep/goat remains than on many other European sites. Evidence for fur trade in the region comes mainly from sites deep in the forest zone. Horsemeat was consumed, although horses were mainly valued as transport animals. The high-status site of Ryurik Gorodishche produced evidence for organized carcass-processing, ritual deposition of horse skulls, and the import of exotic species.
Keywords: northwest Russia, Medieval, towns, fur trade, Novgorod
Mark Maltby
Mark Maltby is a Reader in Archaeology at Bournemouth University. He has specialised in zooarchaeological studies throughout his career and has carried out many analyses on late prehistoric and Roman faunal assemblages in Britain. He has also worked extensively in Russia and other eastern European countries on medieval assemblages.
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- The Oxford Handbook of Zooarchaeology
- Foreword
- Preface
- Figures
- Tables
- Online Supplementary Material
- Zooarchaeology in the twenty-first century: where we come from, where we are now, and where we are going
- Humans and mammals in the Upper Palaeolithic of Russia
- The zooarchaeology of complexity and specialization during the Upper Palaeolithic in Western Europe: changing diversity and evenness
- Mesolithic hunting and fishing in the coastal and terrestrial environments of the eastern Baltic
- Archaeozoological techniques and protocols for elaborating scenarios of early colonization and Neolithization of Cyprus
- Zooarchaeological results from Neolithic and Bronze Age wetland and dryland sites in the Central Alpine Foreland: economic, ecologic, and taphonomic relevance
- Zooarchaeology in the Carpathian Basin and adjacent areas
- Sheep, sacrifices, and symbols: animals in Later Bronze Age Greece
- Changes in lifestyle in ancient Rome (Italy) across the Iron Age/Roman transition: the evidence from animal remains
- Zooarchaeology of the Scandinavian settlements in Iceland and Greenland: diverging pathways
- Fishing, wildfowling, and marine mammal exploitation in northern Scotland from prehistory to Early Modern times
- Zooarchaeological evidence for Muslim improvement of sheep (<i>Ovis aries</i>) in Portugal
- The zooarchaeology of Medieval Ireland
- Animals in urban life in Medieval to Early Modern England
- From bovid to beaver: mammal exploitation in Medieval northwest Russia
- The emergence of livestock husbandry in Early Neolithic Anatolia
- Patterns of animal exploitation in western Turkey: from Palaeolithic molluscs to Byzantine elephants
- South Asian contributions to animal domestication and pastoralism: bones, genes, and archaeology
- The zooarchaeology of Neolithic China
- Subsistence economy, animal domestication, and herd management in prehistoric central Asia (Neolithic–Iron Age)
- Introduction of domestic animals to the Japanese archipelago
- Farming, social change, and state formation in Southeast Asia
- The zooarchaeology of early historic periods in the southern Levant
- Middle and Later Stone Age hunters and their prey in southern Africa
- Pastoralism in sub-Saharan Africa: emergence and ramifications
- Cattle, a major component of the Kerma culture (Sudan)
- The zooarchaeology of Iron Age farmers from southern Africa
- The exploitation of aquatic resources in Holocene West Africa
- Animals in ancient Egyptian religion: belief, identity, power, and economy
- Animals, acculturation, and colonization in ancient and Islamic North Africa
- Historical zooarchaeology of colonialism, mercantilism, and indigenous dispossession: the Dutch East India Company’s meat industry at the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
- Zooarchaeology of the pre-Contact Northwest coast of North America
- Fauna and the emergence of intensive agricultural economies in the United States Southwest
- 13,000 years of communal bison hunting in western North America
- Advances in hunter-gatherer research in Mexico: archaeozoological contributions
- The exploitation of aquatic environments by the Olmec and Epi-Olmec
- Tracking the trade in animal pelts in early historic eastern North America
- Animal use at early colonies on the southeastern coast of the United States
- Zooarchaeology of the Maya
- Zooarchaeological approaches to Pre-Columbian archaeology in the neotropics of northwestern South America
- Zooarchaeology of Brazilian shell-mounds
- Camelid hunting and herding in Inca times: a view from the south of the empire
- Forests, steppes, and coastlines: zooarchaeology and the prehistoric exploitation of Patagonian habitats
- Themes in the zooarchaeology of Pleistocene Melanesia
- Behavioural inferences from Late Pleistocene Aboriginal Australia: seasonality, butchery, and nutrition in southwest Tasmania
- Regional and chronological variations in energy harvests from prehistoric fauna in New Zealand
- Spatial variability and human eco-dynamics in central East Polynesian fisheries
- Online Supplementary Material
- A Glossary of Zooarchaeological Methods
- Notes on Contributors
- Index
