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Pleistocene to Holocene transition on the Eastern Adriatic coast: evidence from avian archaeozoology

On the eastern Adriatic coast many sites contain avifaunal remains, but only few have abundant bird remains in combination with long stratigraphic sequence. In order to get insight into bird use by humans from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the Neolithic on the eastern Adriatic coast, we compiled and compared avifaunal records from two cave sites on different sides of the Adriatic Sea: Ljubićeva pećina in southern Istria and Vela spila on the western part of the island of Korčula. Both sites have almost continuous stratigraphy from the Late Pleistocene to the Holocene with cultural remains that span from the Late Upper Palaeolithic to the Bronze Age. Anthropogenic surface modifications such as cut marks, peeling marks and burned bones were recorded on the bird bones from both sites, indicating humans as important accumulation agents of the birds. Similar patterns were observed: relative abundant anthropogenic surface modifications in the Late Upper Palaeolithic levels, compared to rare modifications in the Neolithic levels. However, Mesolithic levels were recorded only in Vela spila and they were characterised by increased anthropogenic surface modifications compared to the Late Upper Palaeolithic levels.

birds, subsistence, taphonomy, Late Pleistocene, Holocene

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