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1 December 2014 Camels in Romania
Adrian Bălăşescu
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Abstract

A large number of animal remains (186 pieces) were accidentally discovered in 2008, during construction works on a private property in Agighiol village (Tulcea County), in an area previously unknown to have archaeological relevance. This material led to the identification of camel remains (155 bones), an exceptional result because camel material had been previously reported from only two other localities in Romania, both of them in Romano-Byzantine archaeological sites from Dobruja (9–12th centuries). Two 14C dates obtained on the camel remains from Agighiol place the animals in the Middle Ages, 17–18th centuries, thus relating the presence of camels to Ottoman Turk influences. We review the archaeological record of camels from Roman until Ottoman times, in Romania and surrounding countries. Camels were encountered in Dobruja up to the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, as proven by old photographs.

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Adrian Bălăşescu "Camels in Romania," Anthropozoologica 49(2), 253-264, (1 December 2014). https://doi.org/10.5252/az2014n2a07
Received: 1 February 2012; Accepted: 1 April 2012; Published: 1 December 2014
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KEYWORDS
Archaeozoology
Archéozoologie
camels
chameaux
Middle Age
Moyen Age
Romania
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