XLII Annual Meeting of the Serbian Archaeological Society
   30-31. May and June 1, 2019, Negotin (Serbia)
BIOARCHOLOGY SECTION

SESSION: 
ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND HUNTING IH THE SOUTHEAST EUROPE AND ADJACENT AREAS THROUGH TIME

Nemanja Marković1, Jelena Bulatović2

1Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade, Serbia
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2 Laboratory for Bioarchaeology, Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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Herding and hunting, along with farming, are base of the subsistence and economy of communities in the past. A pattern of animal husbandry and hunting frequently has changed over time. These changes were primarily caused by the environmental conditions, and then by social, cultural, political, and even religious differences between communities. Discovery and reconstruction of the impact of these phenomena on shaping and changes in the strategies of animal husbandry and hunting in the past, is one of the goals of archaeological research. Given that animal remains represent the most frequent and most numerous traces of these activities. Archaeozoological research has the special place in understanding and reconstruction of the patterns of animal exploitation. As the region of the Southeast Europe has a favorable and important geographical position, and it represents a link in transferring and exchanging of knowledge, ideas, people, material culture and other civilization traits between the East and West, the area provides an excellent opportunity for studying and tracking the development of economic strategies practiced by various communities that have inhabited this area during the past. In this area, in the Early Neolithic with the Middle Eastern communities, the first domesticated animals appeared. Animal husbandry has continued spreading a long time process of transitions and transformations, to other parts of the European continent, that resulted in diverse specialized techniques of animal herding from the Late Neolithic, over the Bronze and Iron Ages, all way to the Roman and Medieval periods. At the same time with the changes in animal husbandry strategies, changes in the significance and role of wild animals occurred, and development of hunting strategies in the area of Southeastern Europe can be observed during this time period.
The aim of the session is to present new results based on the research of animal remains from the region of Southeastern Europe and adjacent areas during the prehistoric and historic periods. This session will provide a wide range of topics, including animal exploitation strategies from broader synthesis to specific case studies, as well as multidisciplinary research with historical data, iconographic representations and contemporary laboratory analyzes. 

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