Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium
Раненото животно: пищял на благороден елен с рана от метателно оръжие във Виминациум
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During the excavations of Viminacium in 2016, a red deer tibia, with what seemed like a trauma caused by a weapon, was found in the vicinity of the amphitheater. Consequently, the aim of this research was to determine whether that was the case and to attempt to reconstruct the potential hunting moment. The analysis of the wound suggested that the animal was hit from its right side with a deltoid or leaf-type long-range weapon, such as throwing spears or arrows. The irregular shape of the trauma on the lateral side of the bone was due to the socket that went through it along with the tip of the weapon. Since this wound is located just beneath the knee of the deer, it would not have been enough to kill the animal instantly, but there are no indications of any bone healing, which leads to an assumption of multiple hits, and thus multiple huntsmen involved in the hunt, which was a common practice. There is also a possibility that this particular animal took part in a venatio, that is, the ...beast hunt in the arena since it was found in a trench related to the amphitheater, alongside a large number of other wild animals, which undoubtedly participated in the spectacles.
Костта е намерена при археологически разкопки през 2016 година
край амфитеатъра на римския град Виминациум в Източна
Сърбия. Раната била причинена от стрела или метателно копие.
Ударът бил силен, защото даже втулката на острието преминала
през костта. Пищялът е открит заедно с останки на други диви
животни – мечка, глиган и дори леопард. Вероятно еленът бил
убит на арената по време на ловно зрелище (venatio).
Кључне речи:
Viminacium amphitheatre / red deer / trauma / projectile / Roman hunting / venatioИзвор:
Archaeologia Bulgarica, 2023, 27, 1, 37-47Издавач:
- NGO Archaeologia Bulgarica, Bulgaria
Финансирање / пројекти:
- ARCHAEOWILD - The Holocene History of Human-Wildlife Conflict and Coexistence: Archaeozoological, Archaeobotanical, Isotopic, Ancient DNA, Iconographic and Written Evidence from the Central Balkans (RS-ScienceFundRS-Ideje-7750265)
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Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Marković, Dimitrije AU - Savić, Milan AU - Bogdanović, Ivan PY - 2023 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/5258 AB - During the excavations of Viminacium in 2016, a red deer tibia, with what seemed like a trauma caused by a weapon, was found in the vicinity of the amphitheater. Consequently, the aim of this research was to determine whether that was the case and to attempt to reconstruct the potential hunting moment. The analysis of the wound suggested that the animal was hit from its right side with a deltoid or leaf-type long-range weapon, such as throwing spears or arrows. The irregular shape of the trauma on the lateral side of the bone was due to the socket that went through it along with the tip of the weapon. Since this wound is located just beneath the knee of the deer, it would not have been enough to kill the animal instantly, but there are no indications of any bone healing, which leads to an assumption of multiple hits, and thus multiple huntsmen involved in the hunt, which was a common practice. There is also a possibility that this particular animal took part in a venatio, that is, the beast hunt in the arena since it was found in a trench related to the amphitheater, alongside a large number of other wild animals, which undoubtedly participated in the spectacles. AB - Костта е намерена при археологически разкопки през 2016 година край амфитеатъра на римския град Виминациум в Източна Сърбия. Раната била причинена от стрела или метателно копие. Ударът бил силен, защото даже втулката на острието преминала през костта. Пищялът е открит заедно с останки на други диви животни – мечка, глиган и дори леопард. Вероятно еленът бил убит на арената по време на ловно зрелище (venatio). PB - NGO Archaeologia Bulgarica, Bulgaria T2 - Archaeologia Bulgarica T1 - Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium T1 - Раненото животно: пищял на благороден елен с рана от метателно оръжие във Виминациум EP - 47 IS - 1 SP - 37 VL - 27 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5258 ER -
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Marković, D., Savić, M.,& Bogdanović, I.. (2023). Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium. in Archaeologia Bulgarica NGO Archaeologia Bulgarica, Bulgaria., 27(1), 37-47. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5258
Marković D, Savić M, Bogdanović I. Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium. in Archaeologia Bulgarica. 2023;27(1):37-47. https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5258 .
Marković, Dimitrije, Savić, Milan, Bogdanović, Ivan, "Case of the Wounded Beast: a Red Deer Tibia with Projectile Trauma from Viminacium" in Archaeologia Bulgarica, 27, no. 1 (2023):37-47, https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_reff_5258 .