RESULTS OF THE ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL INVESTIGATINS CARRIED IN A CIVILIAN BUILDING OF A ROMAN TOWN NAPOC AND IN A ROMANIAN RURAL SETTLEMENT IN SUCEAGU VILLAGE (CLUJ COUNTY)

摘要

The present study presents briefly the results of two archaeozoological investigations (as part of a much more complex study concerning the roman fauna in the province of Dacia) carried on two small archaeofaunal samples from a civilian building in the roman city of Napoca and another roman rural settlement from Suceagu village,10 km far from Napoca. These two archaeological sites provided us small samples of animal bones (below 100 pieces) and the results showed in case of the civilian building in Napoca that the only species identified is cattle (Bos taurus). A MNI of 2 was established and, based on the osteometrical data, a height of 111 and 124 cm recalculated (based on the Matolcsis formula). Both identified individuals were over 2,5 years old. The sample from the rural settlement from Suceagu is larger, showing the existence of cattle, capriovids, horse and dog (as domestic species) and roe deer (as game). Statistically, the predominance of cattle is shown as primary meat-source species, followed by capriovids and horse. Osteometrical data is available in case of cattle, showing the existence of an male individual with 131 cm high (Matolcsi) and in case of one Ovis individual of 65 cm high.