Human and birds
Human and birds
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The paper presents the study of avifauna from the hunter-gatherer sites at the Dnieper-Dvina basin spanning time period from the 6th to 3rd millennia BC.A total of 669 bird bones were identified and attributed to 46 different bird taxa, representing resident Soft Tops and migrant birds.They belong to four habitat groups: waterfowl, forest, woodside HAIR GEL and meadow-steppe.The dominance of waterfowl birds follows the common strategy of aquatic resources exploitation.Changes in the procurement strategies, use and symbolic meanings of birds can be envisaged.
Reconstructed regional mean temperature fluctuations suggest a particular influence on breeding biology and migration patterns of different species.