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Crane and vulture at an Italian Bronze Age site
Author(s) -
Albarella Umberto
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
international journal of osteoarchaeology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 60
eISSN - 1099-1212
pISSN - 1047-482X
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199707/08)7:4<346::aid-oa373>3.0.co;2-4
Subject(s) - vulture , grus (genus) , feather , archaeology , bronze age , geography , bronze , ancient history , zoology , history , ecology , biology , habitat
Bones of a crane (probably Grus grus ) and a large vulture have been found in middle Bronze Age levels of the southern Italian site of La Starza. It is suggested that these birds may have been hunted for their feathers. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.