The bird fauna from the Epigravettian site of Trebački Krš near Berane (NE Montenegro)

Abstract

On the Paleolithic site of the rock-shelter Trebački Krš near Berane in Montenegro, flint artifacts are collected belonging to the Epigravettian technocomplex, and vertebrate fauna consisting of mammals, birds, reptil- es and amphibians remains. The 44 identified bird bones come from the layers Ib and II. There are 27 species in all, belonging to 6 orders, 13 families, and 22 genera. The fauna composition is differing in two layers: in the layer I b representatives of Turdidae family dominate, while in the layer II Fringillidae are the most frequent. The small sizes of the bones indicate that they come from the medium-sized owl pellets. In comparison to previously known avifaunas from Montenegro and Serbia, Trebački Krš bird fauna shows many ditferencies.