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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Zlatozar Boev (2018). Subfossil Fauna from “Forum Serdica” (Sofia City, Bulgaria) of Antiquity (2nd –4th century AD) and Ottoman Epoch (15th –18th century AD) (Excavations 2017). Bulletin of the Natural History Museum – Plovdiv, 3(), 7-13. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-533102