Subfossil Fauna from “Forum Serdica” (Sofia City, Bulgaria) of Antiquity (2nd –4th century AD) and Ottoman Epoch (15th –18th century AD) (Excavations 2017)
Journal Title: Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv - Year 2018, Vol 3, Issue
Abstract
Third year of excavations of “Forum Serdica” (Sofia City; 2017) provided new abundant (10 564 finds) animal remains of 44 taxa: 1 mollusk, 3 bony fish, 15 birds and 25 mammals, one of them (Aurochs) extinct. Domestic cattle were brachycerous, while domestic chicken were of three size-groups. Numerous were bantam breeds, both in the Antiquity and Ottoman epochs.
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Zlatozar Boev
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