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- Title
Human and birds: avifauna at hunter-gatherer sites of the 6th to 3<sup>rd</sup> millennia BC (Western Dvina Lakeland).
- Authors
Mazurkevich, Andrey; Panteleev, Andrey; Maigrot, Yolaine; Płóciennik, Mateusz; Kittel, Piotr; Sablin, Mikhail; Dolbunova, Ekaterina
- Abstract
The paper presents the study of avifauna from the hunter-gatherer sites at the Dnieper-Dvina basin spanning time period from the 6th to 3rd millennia BC. A total of 669 bird bones were identified and attributed to 46 different bird taxa, representing resident and migrant birds. They belong to four habitat groups: waterfowl, forest, woodside and meadow-steppe. The dominance of waterfowl birds follows the common strategy of aquatic resources exploitation. Changes in the procurement strategies, use and symbolic meanings of birds can be envisaged. Reconstructed regional mean temperature fluctuations suggest a particular influence on breeding biology and migration patterns of different species.
- Subjects
AQUATIC resources; RESOURCE exploitation; WATERFOWL; BIRD classification; REGIONAL differences; HUMAN beings; BIOLOGY
- Publication
Documenta Praehistorica, 2023, Vol 50, p238
- ISSN
1408-967X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4312/dp.50.21