Original scientific paper

Diet at the Roman Village of Virovitica Kiškorija South, Croatia

Renata Šoštarić ; Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Siniša Radović ; Institute for Quaternary palaeontology and geology, Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Zagreb
Kristina Jelinčić Vučković ; Institute of archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia
Ivana Ožanić Roguljić ; Institute of archaeology, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Virovitica Kiškorija South site was a Roman village. In this paper archaeological, archaeobotanical and archaeozoological finds are presented and interpreted, comparing them with similar sites and the information available from ancient sources. The site was divided in complexes that made a whole. The finds within respective complexes are presented and compared with similar archaeological sites as well as the data from ancient written sources. The goal of the paper was to find out what kind of diet was present in the Roman village in Pannonia and to analyse the differences and similarities between this village and analogue sites.

Keywords

Rural Settlement; Pannonia Superior; Archaeology; Roman period; Diet; Food; Bioarchaeological Finds

Hrčak ID:

166399

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/166399

Publication date:

15.12.2015.

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