bibliography: Gorobets, L. V., Kovalchuk, O. M., Pshenichny, Yu. L., Veiber, A. V. Animals in Kitchen Waste of the Dubno Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Ukraine) from the Time of Its Construction (16th century AD).
Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History. Vol. 15: 15-24.

doi: http://doi.org/10.15407/vnm.2017.15.015

author(s): Leonid Gorobets https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5492-7878,
Oleksandr Kovalchuk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9545-208X,
Yurii Pshenychnyi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0030-1511,
Alina Veiber https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5178-498X

affiliation: Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Kyiv, Ukraine); National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine); State Historical and Cultural Reserve of Dubno (Dubno, Ukraine); National Museum of Natural History, NAS of Ukraine (Kyiv, Ukraine);

address: Leonid Gorobets; Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Volodymyrska St., 64, Kyiv, 01601 Ukraine; e-mail: ornitologist@gmail.com

Summary:
This paper is a continuation of zooarchaeological research of Dubno of the 16th century. Here we present results of the study of remains belonging to fishes, birds (including egg shells) and mammals which were found in the kitchen waste of Dubno Holy Transfiguration Monastery (Rivne region, Ukraine), in layers dated to the 16th century AD, the time of its construction. It is shown that builders were ensured by deli products: various fish species (some of which were imported from afar), young chickens, beef, etc. The remains of at least seven fish species (sturgeon, roach, rudd, bream, catfish, pike, perch), domestic chicken, ducks and geese (most likely also domestic), pigs and cattle were found and identified. Unlike Dubno Castle, remains of game birds and mammals are absent in the materials from the monastery. A few vertebrae of pikes have traces of processing: they could be used as beads for making jewelry. Body length and weight was reconstructed for 69 fish individuals. One coracoid of the goose is characterized by the presence of atavistic character (procoracoidal foramen), which probably was a regional feature of domestic geese in the Rivne region.

Keywords:
zoarheology, new times, Ukraine, monastery, fishing, poultry breeding.

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