Abstract
Dog Burial and Animal Bone Remains from the Human Graves in Prague-Zličín
Highlights
The study has two main aims: firstly, to present an individual dog burial contemporary with the Migration Period human burials in Prague-Zličín; and secondly to discuss the origin and possible interpretation of the assemblage of animal bones and other remains recovered from the infill of the graves in this cemetery
Feature no. 1524 with the dog skeleton was located at the north-eastern edge of the explored area, northeast of the burial ground of the Migration Period (Figure 1)
The dating of the dog’s skeleton, conducted using 14C introduced a surge of interest into this finding, as it was correlated with the skeleton burial ground from the Migration Period
Summary
The study has two main aims: firstly, to present an individual dog burial contemporary with the Migration Period human burials in Prague-Zličín; and secondly to discuss the origin and possible interpretation of the assemblage of animal bones and other remains recovered from the infill of the graves in this cemetery. 2005–2008 and is dated to the Migration Period – the 2nd and 3rd thirds of the 5th century AD – and ascribed to the so-called Vinařická group and represents 173 documented inhumation graves: the largest graveyard of this epoch in Bohemia and one of the largest in central Europe. Its dating to the 5th century AD is grounded on brooches, buckles, glass vessels, ceramics, different fittings and other metal objects. A belt buckle, a brooch and some other objects indicate an end of the burying around 500 AD. The character of the finds suggests a supra-regional importance for the cemetery and cultural relationships to Gaul, the Rhineland and regions
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