Dear Rene,
Have a look at:
For Hungary:
Bartosiewicz, L. (1999), 'Animal husbandry and medieval settlement in
Hungary: a review', Beiträge zur Mittelalterärchaologie in Österreich
15, pp. 139-155.
Bökönyi, S (1974). History of Domestic Mammals in Central and Eastern
Europe. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó.
For Romania:
Bejenaru, L. (2003), Arheozoologia spat,iului românesc medieval, Ias,i.
Also see Bejenaru and Tarcan's forthcoming paper 'Hunting in the
Byzantine Period in the area between the Danube River and the Black Sea:
Archaeozoological data', in A. G. Pluskowski (ed.) Breaking and Shaping
Beastly Bodies: Animals as Material Culture in the Middle Ages, Oxford,
Oxbow.
For Latvia and Estonia an accessible paper with relevant references:
Mugare-vic(s, E- (2002). Forest animals and hunting in medieval
Livonia. In G. Helmig, B. Scholkmann and M. Untermann (eds.), Centre,
Region, Periphery: Proceedings of the International Conference of
Medieval and Later Archaeology, Basel, Switzerland, vol. 2. Basel:
Archäologische Bodenforschung Basel-Stadt, pp. 177-181.
I have a couple of refs for Poland which I'll try to get to you tomorrow.
See also:
Solski, L. (2001). Zoological gardens of central-eastern Europe and
Russia, in Kisling, V. N. (ed.) Zoo and Aquarium History: Ancient
Animal Collections to Zoological Gardens, London, CRC Press, 117-146.
NB: there are a number of potential auroch horns from medieval contexts
extant in private collections ranging from national museums through to
cathedral treasuries. I'm not sure if anyone has collated a pan-European
inventory as they have for elephant tusks, but I'm slowly working on it!
All the best,
Aleks Pluskowski
Rene Kysely wrote:
>Dear Zooarchers,
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>I collected information about osteological finds of aurochs from Middle
>Ages from the Czech Republic. I would like to compare it with situation in
>other European countries.
>Could anybody help me with searching publications/information
>about time-spatial occurrence (e.g. maps with sites) and/or size of aurochs
>in this period?
>
>Thank you,
>
>Rene
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