Mammal fauna from the Bronze Age site at Mali Otavnik near Bistra in the Ljubljansko barje
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Slovenia; Ljubljansko barje; Early Bronze Age; mammal remains; huntingAbstract
The faunistic sample from the Bronze Age site at Mali Otavnik near Bistra (the Ljubljansko barje, central Slovenia) is rather small (N = 148, NISP = 72), but nevertheless revealed at least 13 spe-cies of large mammals, only five of which were domestic. Game species predominate also in the number of identified specimens (NISP), with their share exceeding 70 %. In this respect, Mali Otavnik differs considerably from most contemporary sites in the wider region, where the (remains of) wild animals usually appear in very small numbers. The most plausible reasons for the unusual faunistic picture revealed by this site lie in the cultural preferences of the people living there, in the specific natural characteristics of the Ljubljansko barje during the Bronze Age, but possibly also in the function of the settlement.
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