HOČEVARICA - an eneolithic pile dwelling in the Ljubljansko barje

Marijan GOVEDIČ

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

3.8 Fishes from the archaeological site at Hočevarica

Abstract

The remains of five species of fish (common carp, rudd, pike, perch and roach) were found at the archaeological site at Hočevarica. In view of the ecology of the found species the author discusses the habitat of the time, the significance of the finds and the fishing techniques of the pile dwellers.

The pharyngeal bone of a common carp (Cyprinus carpio). Sample no. A116V00447. The right find is from Hočevarica and the left detail is of a pharyngeal bone of a scaled carp from the Drava river, caught in 2001.
Photo: M. Jakopič.

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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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