Dislocated Hip in Cattle: A Rare Find from a Roman Period Settlement

Lyublyanovics, Kyra (2023) Dislocated Hip in Cattle: A Rare Find from a Roman Period Settlement. HUNGARIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, 12 (4). pp. 38-46. ISSN 2416-0296

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Abstract

In this paper I discuss the remains of a Roman Period (2nd–3rd century AD) cow discovered at the site of Baracs–Boldog-dűlő in Transdanubia, Hungary. The animal lived with a dislocated hip, a condition extremely rarely documented in archaeological assemblages; this is the first find of this kind in the region. The animal may have been a dairy cow kept alive for months or even years after the injury, even though it was probably unfit for physical work or calving. This find provides a glimpse into how such injuries were treated, as there is contemporary written evidence about applied veterinary treatments.

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