RESNIKOV PREKOP. The oldest pile-dwelling settlement in the Ljubljansko barje

Franc JANŽEKOVIČ and Vesna MALEZ:

Bird remains (aves) from the pile-dwelling settlement at Resnikov prekop near Ig in the Ljubljansko barje

Abstract

In the region of the pile-dwelling settlement at Resnikov prekop in the Ljubljansko barje (5th millennium B.C.) a total of 31 bird bones were excavated and anatomically and systematically categorized. At least 16 different birds were recognized, attributed to 12 species: Tachybaptus ruficollis, Cygnus sp., Anas platyrhynchos, A. acuta, A. querquedula, A. clypeata, A. sp., Mergus merganser, Rallus aquaticus, Gallinula chloropus, Fulica atra, Erithacus rubecula and Sturnus vulgaris. The majority of bird bones lay in sediment, which was mixed with later alluviums and consequently possibly »contaminated« with materials of some unknown chronological origin.

Key words: Slovenia, Ljubljansko barje, Resnikov prekop, birds (Aves)

The number of samples of bone remains of birds and the smallest number of birds (MNI) from the archaeological site at Resnikov prekop near Ig on the Ljubljansko barje,

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2006, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 10), 156 pp, 88 b/w drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 961-6568-40-X.

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