Sozopol (Holocene of Bulgaria)

Where: Bulgaria (42.4° N, 27.7° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 27.7° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Holocene (0.0 - 0.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: anthropogenic

Collection methods: underwater excavation

Primary reference: G. Ribarov. 1991. Archaeozoological material from the Eneolithic and early Bronze Age settlement at Sozopol. Actes du Symposium International Thracia Pontica V:51-56 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: archaeological analysis

PaleoDB collection 232847: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.01.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Canidae
"Canis vulpes" = Vulpes vulpes
"Canis vulpes" = Vulpes vulpes Linnaeus 1758 red fox
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Meles meles Linnaeus 1758 European badger
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Monachus monachus Hermann 1779 Mediterranean monk seal
 Carnivora - Felidae
"Felis leo" = Panthera leo
"Felis leo" = Panthera leo Linnaeus 1758 lion
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Sus scrofa Linnaeus 1758 wild boar
 Artiodactyla - Bovidae
Bos primigenius Bojanus 1827 ox
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervus elaphus, "Cervus dama" = Dama dama, "Cervus capreolus" = Capreolus capreolus
Cervus elaphus Linnaeus 1758 red deer
"Cervus dama" = Dama dama Linnaeus 1758 fallow deer
"Cervus capreolus" = Capreolus capreolus Linnaeus 1758 European roe deer
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Tursiops truncatus Gray 1866 common bottlenose dolphin
Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758 short-beaked common dolphin
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys clemys pond turtle
Actinopteri
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinus carpio carp-like fish
 Pleuronectiformes - Scophthalmidae
Scophthalmus maximus flatfish
turbot
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Sarda sarda Bloch 1791