ZALOG NEAR VERD. Stone Age hunters' camp at the western edge of the Ljubljansko barje

Franc JANŽEKOVIČ and Vesna MALEZ

Bird remains

Abstract

The archaeological site of Zalog near Verd yielded 38 bird bones, of which 31 were anatomically and systematically identifi ed. The habitats of the birds from the Zalog site include large still or slow fl owing waters, shallows with rich vegetation, wetlands with low-growing vegetation and vast marshy forests.

Key words: Slovenia, the Ljubljansko barje, Mesolithic, birds (Aves), archaeozoology

Zalog near Verd. Number of identifi ed specimens of birds (NISP) and minimum number of individuals (MNI). C-coracoid, Fi-fi bula, H-humerus, K-beak, Mc-metacarpus, Ph-phalanx, Sc-scapula, Tm-tarsometatarsus, Ti-tibiotarsus, U-ulna, X-unidentifi ed bird bones, V-vertebra.

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2006, (Opera Instituti Archaeologici Sloveniae, 11), 233 pp., 37 drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 99 b-w drawings, photos, tables, graphs and maps, 20 x 29 cm, hardcover, ISBN 961-6568-57-4.

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