Archaeozoological complex settlement Mel’nychna Krucha
Journal Title: Eminak - Year 2017, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Mel’nychna Krucha is a multilayered prehistoric site on the left bank of the Southern Buh river near to the Sabatynivka village, Kirovograd region. The archaeozoological complex of the Mel’nychna Krucha, despite the relatively small volume, is characterized by significant species diversity. The archaeozoological collection has more than 1500 fragments of the bones of mammals, birds and reptiles. Significant utilization of bones does not allow characterizing the morphology of animals. Significant utilization and the presence of charred bone fragments suggests that the complex represents a «kitchen leftovers». They are the result of human activity on the spot settlement. In the Mesolithic period the inhabitants of the settlement got a deer, aurochs, and wild boar. Bones of the underground voles and of the lynx indicates the existence of more significant forest areas than in the following Neolithic age. The population of Bug- Dniester culture was the domestic dog and to breed pigs, but the main occupation was hunting. The main objects of hunting were red deer and roe deer, and less was producing the tour and the horse. The question about breeding domestic pig by population of Neolithic Buh-Dniestr culture demands for the final solution exploring additional archaeozoological material. In the end of the bronze age the leading role was played by livestock breeding, hunting played a secondary role. Analysis of wild animal species allows to infer the existence of site within the southern boundary of the steppe zone. Moreover, the number of forests and their density, was clearly greatest in the Mesolithic. Overall, archaeozoological complex of Mel’nychna Krucha expands the source base for the reconstruction of the economy of the ancient population and landscape-ecological situation of the North-Western Black sea region in the Mesolithic – late bronze age.
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Elena Sekerskaya
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