157 Bulletin USAMV-CN, 64/2007 (1-2). ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS CARRIED OUT ON SAMPLES FROM THE DWELLINGS ON COTITA STREET IN CLUJ NAPOCA Gudea A., F.Stan, A. Damian, Antonia Socaciu Universitatea de ŞtiinŃe Agricole şi Medicină Veterinară Cluj Napoca, Facultatea de Medicina Veterinară, Str. Manaştur nr.3 Cluj Napoca, Romania, Email:alxgudea@personal.ro Key words: archaeozoology, archaeofaunal sample(s), roman, medieval fauna, Napoca Abstract. The present study presents briefly the results of an archaeozoological investigations carried out on archaeofaunal samples from diggings in Cluj Napoca, Cotita Street, as a result of the salvage investigations carried in this area by archaeologists from Babes-Bolyai University. The site provided three sets of archaeofaunal samples, a large one dated from the Roman period and another two small samples dating from XI-XII and XVI-XVII centuries AD.. INTRODUCTION Archaeofaunal studies are important both from the point of view of morphological data that can be extracted from the analysis of the bones from archaeological diggings and from the light of socio-economic data revealed as part of the economical development of the society in a certain historical moment The archaeofaunal samples originate from an archaeological digging carried out in 2006 by Prof.Diaconescu Alexandru (Babes Bolyai University Cluj Napoca) occasioned by the salvage digging as a result of the extension of the building of a local supermarket on Cotita Street located in the centre of the town. The archaeological diggings revealed parts of two civilian buildings and an inner yard dating from Roman period and other two layers, one dating from the XI-XII th century and other from the XVI-XVII th century AD. The present paper is a summary of a much larger material concerning the archaeozoological aspects observed in the site on Cotita str that will be published in a monograph of the site (Diaconescu, (editor), forthcoming). MATERIAL AND METHOD The bones were collected during regular archaeological diggings, washed, separately packed and transported to the Department of Anatomy of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine Cluj Napoca. The archaeozoological investigation consists of anatomical bone separation, specific identification, separation of non-identifiable material, MNI estimations and age estimation on the basis of epiphiseal fusion and dental wear and attrition. Also standard osteometrical data was recorded and, where possible, cut marks and traces of human activity were noted. brought to you by CORE View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk