New Home, New Herds.

• Superior document: Archaeolingua Central European Archaeological Heritage ; v.10
• Author: Lyublyanovics, Kyra.
• Place / Publishing House: Oxford : : Archaeopress,, 2018.; ©2018.
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Series: Archaeolingua Central European Archaeological Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (338 pages)

The Cumans are known to history as nomadic, mounted warriors. Some arrived in the Hungarian Kingdom in the mid-thirteenth century seeking asylum, eventually settling and integrating. This study collects historical, ethnographic and archaeological information on the animal husbandry aspect of the development of the Cuman population in Hungary.

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Cuman history in perspective -- 1.1 Early Cuman history - an outline -- 1.2 Cuman economic life on the steppe before the migration to Hungary -- 1.3 The Cumans' arrival in Hungary and the steps of integration into feudal society -- 1.4 Cuman integration in the Hungarian scholarship. A short overview -- Chapter 2 Methodological concerns -- 2.1 Cumans in the written sources and in the archaeological record: The question of identification -- The size of the migrating group -- Distinguishing markers -- Cuman legal status -- Identifying Cumans in the archaeological record -- The social dimension: nobility and commoners -- 2.2 Nomadism -- 2.3 Methods and types of evidence utilized in this study -- Archaeozoological evidence and methodology -- Chapter 3 Cuman economic orientation in Hungary -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Economic background: transformations in Hungarian agriculture in the time of the Cuman integration -- 3.2 The Cumans in Greater Cumania -- 3.2.1 Textual evidence: the short history of Cumans in the region -- 3.2.2 The archaeological sites -- 3.2.2.1 Orgondaszentmiklós -- 3.2.2.2 Asszonyszállás -- 3.2.2.3 Kolbazszállás -- 3.2.2.4 Móric -- 3.2.3 Summary -- 3.3 The Cumans in Lesser Cumania -- 3.3.1 Textual evidence: a short history of Cumans in the region -- 3.3.1.1 The Cuman presence -- 3.3.1.2 The Seat of Halas -- 3.3.1.3 The Seat of Kecskemét -- 3.3.1.4 The Seat of Kara / Mizse -- 3.3.1.5 Summary -- 3.3.2.1 Csengele -- 3.3.2.2 Kiskunhalas-Dong-ér -- 3.3.2.3 Kiskunfélegyháza-Templomdomb -- 3.3.2.4 Szentkirály -- 3.3.2.5 Summary -- 3.4 The Cumans in Transdanubia -- 3.4.1 The short history of Cumans in Transdanubia and the Seat of Hantos -- 3.4.2 The archaeological site of Perkáta -- 3.4.3 Summary -- 3.5 Two sites on the periphery.

3.5.1 Gorzsa -- 3.5.1.1 Gorzsa in the written sources and the presence of Cumans in the region -- 3.5.1.2 The question of Cuman presence -- 3.5.1.3 The archaeological material of Gorzsa -- 3.5.2 Tiszagyenda -- 3.5.2.1 The villages of Gyenda and Lak in the written sources and the question of the Cuman presence -- 3.5.2.2 The archaeological material of Tiszagyenda -- 3.5.3 Summary -- 3.6 Cuman animal husbandry in the Great Plain. General trends and data quantification -- Taxonomic richness -- Herd structure -- 3.7 Summary -- Chapter 4 Exploitation of the environment -- 4.1 Pastures, hay cultivation and forests -- 4.1.1 Pastures -- 4.1.2 Hay and other plant fodders -- 4.1.3 Forests and wetlands -- 4.1.4 Grazing rights -- 4.2 Fishing, fowling and hunting -- 4.2.1 Fishing -- 4.2.2 Fowling -- 4.2.3 Hunting and wild game management -- 4.3 Summary -- Chapter 5 Processing the animal body -- 5.1 Beasts for the feast. Production patterns of carcass parts, meat preferences and animal-related food products -- 5.2 Beasts for the afterlife: Animal bodies in Cuman ritual contexts -- 5.2.1 Animals involved in burial contexts -- 5.2.1.1 The equestrian graves -- 5.2.1.2 Dogs in burial contexts -- 5.2.1.3 Animal bones as food offerings and amulets in graves -- 5.2.2 Animals in other ritual contexts -- 5.3 Animals as raw material: worked bones, hide and wool -- 5.3.1 Bone working -- 5.3.1.1 Class I bone tools -- "Bone skates" -- Bone anvils -- Gaming pieces -- Pin holders / needle holders -- Ornamented plates and buckles -- Bone amulets -- Other bone objects -- 5.3.1.2 Ad hoc, opportunistic tools -- 5.3.1.3 Debris and unprocessed pieces of raw material -- 5.3.2 Wool and leather -- 5.4 Summary -- Chapter 6 Caring for sick beasts: pathologies, livestock health and veterinary treatment -- 6.1 What can pathological specimens reveal? Methods, possibilities and limitations.

6.2 Pathological phenomena at the studied medieval sites. A general overview -- 6.3 Traumatic injuries -- 6.4 Possibly work-related pathologies and arthropathies -- 6.4.1 Work-related pathologies and arthropathies in horses -- 6.4.2 Work-related pathologies and arthropathies in cattle -- 6.4.3 Arthropathies in other species -- 6.5 Dental abnormalities and oral pathology -- 6.6 Other lesions -- 6.7 Summary -- Chapter 7 Conclusions -- Bibliography -- 8.1 Primary sources -- 8.2 Secondary literature -- Appendix -- 9.1 A detailed list of archaeological sites compared in the archaeozoological analysis -- 9.2 Species names: Latin and vernacular names of animal species used in the text -- 9.3 List of tables, figures and diagrams in the text -- Tables -- Figures -- Diagrams -- 9.4 Appendix to Chapter 3.2 Greater Cumania -- 9.5 Appendix to Chapter 3.3 Lesser Cumania -- 9.6 Appendix to Chapter 3.5 Sites on the periphery -- Gorzsa (Hódmezővásárhely-Gorzsa-Sand Mine no. 10) -- Tiszagyenda (Tiszagyenda-Morotva part-Lak) -- 9.7 Appendix to Chapter 3.6 Cuman animal husbandry in the Great Plain. General trends and quantification -- 9.8 Appendix to Chapter 5.1 Beasts for the feast -- 9.9 Appendix to Chapter 5.3. Catalogue of bone tools -- A. Class I tools -- B. Class II (ad hoc tools) -- C. Debris and unprocessed raw material -- D. Amulets and jewels -- 9.10 Appendix to Chapter 6. A detailed list of pathological lesions -- A. Traumatic injuries -- B. Infections, neoplastic and tumorous bones -- C. Dental anomalies and oral patology -- D. Possible work-related pathologies and arthropaties -- E. Other lesions -- _GoBack -- funerals -- 872 -- 873 -- 874 -- 875 -- 876 -- 877 -- 878 -- 879 -- 880 -- 881 -- 882 -- 903 -- 904 -- 905 -- 906 -- 907 -- 8821 -- productTitle -- title -- __RefHeading__78439_1726879463 -- __RefHeading__78441_1726879463.

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