Lecture Series »Neue Bioarchäologische Forschungen«

»Die Fischreste aus der neuzeitlichen Latrine in Hadersdorf am Kamp«

Alfred Galik | OeAI

Hadersdorf am Kamp is located in the Kamptal valley in Lower Austria. In 1991, a latrine was discovered under the floor of the town hall. The entire filling was recovered and immediately sieved. The investigation of the smallest animal and plant remains began in 2016. The archive provides insights into nutrition, cooking practices and waste disposal in Hadersdorf in the 16th and early 17th centuries. The distribution of the ichthyo-archaeological finds is similar to fish distribution patterns from modern latrines in Austria. In addition to larger fish, the majority consists of very small remains of various fish species, mainly cyprinids but also other small fish and imported fish species.