Faunal remains from fortified medieval castle at the Kulina-Solotuša site (western Serbia)

Abstract

Two archaeological campaigns were carried out during 2007 and 2008 at fortified castle at the Kulina-Solotuša site, dating from 15th century, placed on the eastern slopes of Tara mountain. This paper presents the results of archaeozoological analysis of faunal material collected during 2008 campaign in squares B1-B9 and V1. Domestic animals outnumber wild species. The most important among them are cattle, sheep, goats and pigs, while the remains of horses, dogs and domestic fowl are far less present. The game consists of wild boar, red deer, roe deer, brown bear and hare. Age of animals, fragmentation and the presence of a large number of butchery traces indicate that most of the animal bones are remains of food.