Omelko V., Gelman E., Gasilin V., Vinokurova M.
Russia and the Pacific 2020; (4): 161-174
The paper analyses the collection of bone remains of mammals and birds from the Kraskinskoe walled town. The bone remains of different domestic and wild animal species are counted. Based on these numbers, the significance of livestock and hunting for the nutritional and economic needs of the population of one of the districts of the Eastern capital of Bohai is estimated. Literary and annalistic data from other Bohai settlements were used for more objective assessment of the significance of animals. It was revealed that the composition of domestic and wild animals and the correlation of their bone remains at the Kraskinskoe walled town have a number of features in comparison to other Bohai settlements. The rate of the domestic animal remains is significantly higher than of the wild animals, and this index is higher than in other Bohai settlements. The quantitative ratio of the remains of the domestic animals also differs - the bones of cattle predominate over the remains of the pigs. The bone remains of camels and cetaceans were discovered at the Bohai settlements for the first time. All these results correspond to the status of the Kraskinskoe walled town as a commercial, transport, political center and a seaport. Meat ration of an average inhabitant of the Kraskinskoe walled town consisted almost only of livestock products and occasionally could include whale and game products.
