Proceedings of the National Museum of Natural History, 2013, Nr 11, pages 37-42 The bird bones from the excavations of ancient Chersonesos (Crimea, Ukraine) Tajkova S.Y., Klochko A. V. Summary:
The bird bone remnants discovered during the excavations of the ancient Chersonesos III B.C. to XIII A.D, were reviewed. 631 bone fragments of total 859 were identified as representing 26 species. Two bones were identified to genus only: Anas sp. and Calidris sp. 228 bone fragments are too damaged for the proper identification to species. The identified bone fragments collected from the same layer were grouped by the number of source specimens. The majority of studied bone fragments were represented by the Domestic Fowl (Gallus gallus f. domestica). All other species except for the Great Bustard (Otis tarda) and Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) are represented just by isolated finds. Keywords:
bird bones, Chersonesos, Crimea, Ukraine. Address:
National Museum of Natural History of NAS of Ukraine, Bohdan Khmelnytsky St. 15, Kyiv, 01030 Ukraine; e-mail: tajkova@izan.kiev.ua summary ukr., summary ros., summary eng, pdf return
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