Livestock Farming of Later Severyans on Slavo-Khazar Border

Abstract

The article presents a quantitative systematic and demographic analysis of archaeozoological assemblages from early medieval monuments of Kharkov Region. Obtained results suggest the hunting as an important and traditional economic activity of Severyans. However, archaeozoological samples yielded by some monuments indicate an important external cultural-economical influence, particularly from the Saltov culture bearers and from Kievan Rus. This influence resulted an increase of remains of domestic animals and a specific demographic structure of animal remains. Our data revealed a rather flexible character of cultural-economical traditions of Severyans.