Food worthy of kings and saints: fish consumption in the medieval monastery Studenica (Serbia)

• Main Authors: Živaljević, Ivana, Marković, Nemanja, Maksimović, Milomir
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Medieval fish trade, ichthyofauna, sturgeons, religious celebrations, Studenica Monastery; Lent; The Ramparts; Beluga; Beluga*
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3998426; https://zenodo.org/record/3998426

The paper focuses on fish consumption and long-distance fish trade in the medieval monastery Studenica in Serbia, from the perspective of archaeozoology and historical evidence. Medieval written sources on the subject suggest that fish was available primarily to particular social classes – the royal...