Ornitofauna from the archaeological sites in Vojvodina (Serbia)

After decades-long vertebrate fauna research, out of 42 archaeological sites in Vojvodina (Serbia) from different periods ranging from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages, remains of birds were registered at 17 sites (4 from the Neolithic, 1 from the Early Iron Age, 7 from the Late Iron Age, 5 from the Roman Period, 1 from the Migration Period, and 4 from the Middle Ages). A total of 14 species and 4 genera were registered for this vertebrate class. The richest ornithofauna is from the Neolithic, where 9 species and 3 genera were registered. The Migration and Medieval periods are next with 4 registered species and one genus each. There were 3 species registered from the Roman Period, and 2 species from the Late Iron Age. The poorest ornitofauna was registered from the Early Iron Age, only one species. Tokom visedecenijskih istrazivanja faune kicmenjaka na 42 arheoloska lokaliteta u Vojvodini (Srbija) razlicitih datovanja od neolita do srednjeg veka, ostaci ptica su konstatovani na 17 lokaliteta (cetiri iz perioda neolita, jedan iz starijeg gvozdenog doba, sedam iz mladjeg gvozdenog doba, pet iz rimskog perioda, jedan iz perioda seobe naroda i cetiri iz srednjovekovnog perioda). U okviru ove klase kicmenjaka ukupno je determinisano 14 vrsta i cetiri roda pripadnika redova Anseriformes, Accipitriformes, Galliformes, Gruiformes, Charadriiformes, Columbiformes i Passeriformes. Ornitofauna je najbogatija u neolitu, u kome je registrovano devet vrsta i tri roda, a zatim, sa cetiri konstatovane vrste i jednim rodom slede period seobe naroda i srednjovekovni period, u rimskoj epohi zabelezene su tri vrste, u mladjem gvozdenom dobu dve, dok je ornitofauna najsiromasnija u starijem gvozdenom dobu u kome je registrovana samo jedna vrsta.