HOČEVARICA - an eneolithic pile dwelling in the Ljubljansko barje

Borut TOŠKAN & Janez DIRJEC

3 HOČEVARICA: FIELD RESEARCH, A PRESENTATION OF THE MATERIAL FINDS AND THE SCIENTIFIC ANALYSES

3.7 Hočevarica – an analysis of macrofauna remains

Abstract

During sample trenching at the Eneolithic site at Hočevarica 2757 (576 determinable) mammal remains were excavated. They belonged to at least 14 species, the most frequent taxa were Capreolus capreolus (with 34.8 % NISP) and Sus sp. (32.5 % NISP). The proportion of bones and teeth of domestic and hunted animals was comparable. Among the remains of sheep, goats and pigs the remains of sub-adult and young adult individuals predominate. The majority of the pigs were presumably slaughtered in late autumn or winter. A comparison between settlement phases 1 and 2 showed deviations in the proportion of individual species, but no substantial differences between them were visible from the taphonomic aspect.

Dog’s skull from Hočevarica: (a) Norma dorsalis, (b) Norma lateralis and (c) Norma ventralis.
Photo: M. Zaplatil.

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2004, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 8), 328 pp, 208 b/w or color photos, figures and charts, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 961-6500-28-7.

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