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New Home, New Herds.

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 dev...

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Superior document:	Archaeolingua Central European Archaeological Heritage ; v.10
:	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)
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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
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