ABSTRACT
In the majority of archaeological narratives of the European Neolithic, domesticated and wild animals are usually incorporated into models related to subsistence, diet and adaptation. The most widely acknowledged narratives are focused on the economic usefulness of individual species, which is an outcome of the concept of the Neolithic revolution formulated decades ago by V Gordon Childe. Most accounts of the Early Neolithic in Central Europe refer to the emergence of food production and the mechanisms of its introduction in various ecological zones in the upland and lowland zones in the area north of the Carpathians. The most important element of competitive feasting is food. Food creates social relations and bonds through giving and acceptance, helping to strengthen the links and loyalties between the groups involved. One significant component of communal consumption of the early farmers in Central Europe involved a consistent and peculiar way of consuming cattle marrow.
