Plural: History, Culture, Society (Dec 2017)
Die Tierknochenfunde von zwei Siedlungsplatzen der vorromischen Eisenzeit bei Gros Luckow, Lkr. Vorpommern-Greifswald (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)
Abstract
The text deals with animal remains of two neighboring settlement sites of the pre-Roman Iron Age near GroßLuckow, a small village in northeast Germany. Both sites were discovered and partially excavated ahead of motorway construction from 1997 to 1999. The site of GroßLuckow 2 consists of dwelling houses and storage buildings as well as various forms of technical facilities, the site of GroßLuckow 3 only consists of various technical remains. The predominantly ceramic material of both places belongs to the pre-Roman Iron Age and is dated by four radiocarbon dates into the 4th to 1st Century BC. From the findings of the sites GroßLuckow 2 and 3, a total of more than 2000 animal bone fragments with a total weight of not quite 24,000 g are taken. Only a very small proportion comes from two pits of the site GroßLuckow 3. The majority of the faunal remains are slaughter- and foodstuffs, along with some bone artifacts as well as several animal deposits. Of particular importance are the domestic pig, followed by sheep and goat, cattle and horse. Dog and chicken are also represented in small quantities. Hunting seems to have played a subordinate role in nutrition. Wild animals are represented mainly in wild boar, red deer and aurochs. Small proportions of birds and fish are also present. A comparison of the animal bone material of GroßLuckow with further faunal materials is made difficult by the desolate research and publication status to animal bone finds from settlements of the pre-Roman Iron Age of the north German federal states. There is a direct connection with the equally small number of investigated and presented settlements of this time.
