Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods)
This paper presents and analyses for the first time all data on the presence of birds (bone finds; 26 sites; 84 species/genera) and their images in the art works (34 sites; 40 species/genera) from monuments of the ancient Thracian and Roman lands in Bulgaria (2200 BC–4th c. AD), their utilisation an...
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Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
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| description | This paper presents and analyses for the first time all data on the presence of birds (bone finds; 26 sites; 84 species/genera) and their images in the art works (34 sites; 40 species/genera) from monuments of the ancient Thracian and Roman lands in Bulgaria (2200 BC–4th c. AD), their utilisation and importance. Data of a total of 96 taxa of 29 families and 18 orders are presented. Different aspects of the use of birds have been considered: hunting, domestication, falconry, decorative faunisation, including secondary use (as a source of bone material for the production of tools and adornments). The main groups of birds (waterfowl, eagles, pigeons, peacocks, etc.) and their symbolic mythological significance are presented. The images of some monuments represent exotic birds (purple swamphen, Egyptian goose, ring-necked parakeet, helmeted guineafowl, Abyssinian lovebird, African green pigeon, spur-winged goose) which are now spread beyond the former Roman Empire (and Bulgarian) lands, mainly in East Africa. Their present ranges overlap only in the region of East Africa. They confirm ancient trans-Saharan Roman-‘Ethiopian’ contacts. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-460a65d0f22b4600b3dbd975e3a08e5f2022-12-22T00:21:34ZengBulgarian Academy of SciencesHistoria naturalis bulgarica2603-31862018-05-0127339Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods)Zlatozar BoevThis paper presents and analyses for the first time all data on the presence of birds (bone finds; 26 sites; 84 species/genera) and their images in the art works (34 sites; 40 species/genera) from monuments of the ancient Thracian and Roman lands in Bulgaria (2200 BC–4th c. AD), their utilisation and importance. Data of a total of 96 taxa of 29 families and 18 orders are presented. Different aspects of the use of birds have been considered: hunting, domestication, falconry, decorative faunisation, including secondary use (as a source of bone material for the production of tools and adornments). The main groups of birds (waterfowl, eagles, pigeons, peacocks, etc.) and their symbolic mythological significance are presented. The images of some monuments represent exotic birds (purple swamphen, Egyptian goose, ring-necked parakeet, helmeted guineafowl, Abyssinian lovebird, African green pigeon, spur-winged goose) which are now spread beyond the former Roman Empire (and Bulgarian) lands, mainly in East Africa. Their present ranges overlap only in the region of East Africa. They confirm ancient trans-Saharan Roman-‘Ethiopian’ contacts.http://www.nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica/article.php?id=000421000272018birds in antiquityancient artbirds-man interrelationslate holocene birdsornithoarchaeology |
| spellingShingle | Zlatozar Boev Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) Historia naturalis bulgarica birds in antiquity ancient art birds-man interrelations late holocene birds ornithoarchaeology |
| title | Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) |
| title_full | Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) |
| title_fullStr | Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) |
| title_short | Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) |
| title_sort | birds in everyday life and art in bulgaria thracian and roman periods |
| topic | birds in antiquity ancient art birds-man interrelations late holocene birds ornithoarchaeology |
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