Freshwater Landscape Reconstruction from the Bronze Age Site of Borsodivánka (North-Eastern Hungary)
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Published:2023-02-27
Issue:3
Volume:15
Page:340
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ISSN:1424-2818
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Container-title:Diversity
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language:en
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Short-container-title:Diversity
Author:
Blanco-Lapaz Angel12ORCID, Fischl Klára P.3ORCID, Röpke Astrid4, Zerl Tanja4, Nolde Nadine4, Schmid Michael5, Kienlin Tobias L.4
Affiliation:
1. Senckenberg Centre for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment (SHEP), Hölderlinstrasse 12, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany 2. Institute for Archaeological Sciences, University of Tübingen, Hölderlinstrasse 12, D-72074 Tübingen, Germany 3. ELKH BTK Régészeti Intézet/ELRN RCH Archaeological Institute, HU-1097 Budapest, Hungary 4. Institut für Ur-und Frühgeschichte, Universität zu Köln, Weyertal 125, D-50931 Köln, Germany 5. ArchaeoConnect GmbH, August-Bebel-Str. 16, D-72072 Tübingen, Germany
Abstract
This multiproxy work presents the archeozoological analysis of fish and microvertebrate remains from the Middle Bronze Age tell site of Borsodivánka (Borsod Plain, North-eastern Hungary). The fish faunal assemblage provides valuable data on the choice of exploited consumption patterns, taphonomy, and aquatic paleoenvironmental conditions at the site during the Bronze Age. Only freshwater taxa are present in the assemblage, for example, northern pike (Esox lucius); cyprinids: roach (Rutilus rutilus), common carp (Cyprinus carpio), common chub (Squalius cephalus) and common nase (Chondrostoma nasus); and percids: European perch (Perca fluviatilis) and pikeperch (Sander lucioperca). Herpetofaunal and micromammal remains are also part of this study, improving our knowledge of the site’s freshwater ecosystem. The grass snake (Natrix cf. natrix) and the European pond terrapin (Emys orbicularis), typical of aquatic ecosystems, are associated with the Aesculapian ratsnake (Zamenis longissimus), more typical of forest, shrubland, and grassland. The presence of amphibians such as toads (Bufo/Bufotes sp.) and frogs (Rana sp.) complete the herpetofaunal list. The microvertebrates also support a mature fluvial system, as represented by taxa like the European water vole (Arvicola amphibius). Other micromammals are present, such as the wood mouse (Apodemus sylvaticus), the group of the common/field vole (Microtus arvalis/agrestis), the European mole (Talpa europaea), and the house mouse (Mus musculus). All of them are common in forests, shrubland, and grassland. However, the commensal house mouse is more commonly associated with anthropogenic areas. In conclusion, Borsodivánka is characterized by a diverse landscape mosaic, displayed by the co-existence of a well-developed forest and a freshwater inland ecosystem with agricultural land in the wider area. Finally, the Tisza River and its flood plain represented the main water source close to the site, distinguished by the dominance of fish species from deep and slow-flowing waters.
Funder
Universities of Miskolc and Cologne Museum at Miskolc the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest Foundation for the Study and Preservation of Tells in the Prehistoric Old World, Esslingen am Neckar
Subject
Nature and Landscape Conservation,Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous),Ecological Modeling,Ecology
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