Food worthy of kings and saints: fish consumption in the medieval monastery Studenica (Serbia) Author Živaljević, Ivana Author Marković, Nemanja Author Maksimović, Milomir text Anthropozoologica 2019 2019-11-29 54 16 179 201 journal article 10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v54a16 2107-08817 3689945

TABLE 1. — Taxonomic composition of fish faunal assemblages from three kitchen middens (below room 1 of Building V, above buildings V and VII, and outside the monastery walls) at Studenica Monastery, expressed in NISP (number of identified specimens) frequencies and weight.

			Above buildings V
			and VII (last decade		Area outside
	Below building V/1		of the 14th - first		the Monastery
(first decades of the			decades of the		walls (14th - mid-
	14th century)		15th century)		15th century)		Total per taxon
TAXON	NISP	W (g)	NISP	W (g)	NISP	W (g)	NISP	W (g)
Russian sturgeon – Acipenser gueldenstaedtii Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1833	–	–	2	11.2	–	–	2	11.2
Stellate sturgeon – Acipenser stellatus Pallas, 1771	–	–	–	–	1	4.2	1	4.2
Beluga sturgeon – Huso huso Linnaeus, 1758	–	–	10	74.1	5	51.3	15	125.4
Common carp – Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758	–	–	5	3.6	52	112.1	57	115.7
Cyprinidae indet.	–	–	1	0.6	1	0.5	2	1.1
Pike – Esox lucius Linnaeus, 1758	–	–	1	0.7	–	–	1	0.7
Wels catfish – Silurus glanis Linnaeus, 1758	3	15.2	39	150.1	11	37.1	53	202.4
Pisces indet.	–	–	5	7.3	4	4.1	9	15.4
Total per context	3	15.2	63	247.6	74	209.3	140	476.1