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HISTORIA NATURALIS BULGARICA 27 National Museum of Natural History — Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Sofia, Bulgaria Published online 30 May 2018 by: National Museum of Natural History Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria http://www.nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica/ ISSN 0205-3640 (print) ISSN 2603-3186 (online) Contents Boev, Zlatozar — Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) ................. 3 Stoianova, Desislava — It is raining bugs: summer dispersal of aquatic bugs (Hemiptera, Heteroptera: Nepomorpha) in Srebarna Nature Reserve (Bulgaria) ............................................... 41 Simov, Nikolay; Grozeva, Snejana; Langourov, Mario; Georgieva, Margarita; Mirchev, Plamen; Georgiev Georgi — Rapid expansion of the Oak lace bug Corythucha arcuata (Say, 1832) (Hemiptera: Tingidae) in Bulgaria ........................................................................................... 51 Historia naturalis bulgarica 27: 3–39 ISSN 0205-3640 (print) | ISSN 2603-3186 (online) • http://www.nmnhs.com/historia-naturalis-bulgarica/ publication date [online]: 30 May 2018 Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) Zlatozar Boev National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1 Tsar Osvoboditel Blvd., 1000 Sofia, Bulgaria; E-mails: [email protected]; [email protected] Abstract: This paper presents and analyses for the first time all data on the presence of birds (bone finds; 26 sites; 84 species/ genera) and their images in the art works (34 sites; 40 species/genera) from monuments of the ancient Thracian and Roman lands in Bulgaria (2200 BC – 4th c. AD), their utilisation and importance. Data of a total of 96 taxa of 29 families and 18 orders are presented. Differentaspects of the use of birds have been considered: hunting, domestication, falconry, decorative faunisation, including secondary use (as a source of bone material for the production of tools and adornments). The main groups of birds (waterfowl, eagles, pigeons, peacocks, etc.) and their symbolic mythological significance are presented. The images of some monuments represent exotic birds (purple swamphen, Egyptian goose, ring-necked parakeet, hel- meted guineafowl, Abyssinian lovebird, African green pigeon, spur-winged goose) which are now spread beyond the former Roman Empire (and Bulgarian) lands, mainly in East Africa. Their present ranges overlap only in the region of East Africa. They confirm ancient trans-Saharan Roman-“Ethiopian” contacts. Key words: Birds in antiquity, ancient art, birds-man interrelations, Late Holocene birds, ornithoarchaeology Introduction Currently, the human-bird interactions in the far. The abundant archaeological records of thou- Thracian (and Roman) period in Bulgaria have not sands of monuments from the Thracian period been studied in details. Only scattered and frag- throughout Bulgarian lands (including all neigh- mentary data exist. Ornithoarchaeological infor- bouring countries) provide an excellent heritage mation is much more abundant. The aim of this and make it the richest art heritage of that period paper is to evaluate the role of birds in the spiritual (15th c. BC – 6th c. AD) in Europe and in the world (especially in the /visual/ art) and everyday life of (Dimitrov, 1978a, b; Bozhkov, 1988, 1993). the Thracians and Romans. Overall, among the most exhaustive studies on Now it is well accepted, that Thrace was un- Thracian art are those of Filov (1918), Tsoncheva der the influence of the Mycenaean civilisation (1971), Venedikov, Gerasimov (1974), Lazarov after the last phase of the Bronze Age. In Thrace (1990) on the Thracian pottery, Dimitrov (1991), existed some state entities which, regardless of the etc. local differences, were fundamentally similar to the Birds alone in the ancient Thracian and Mycenaeans (Tacheva-Hitova, 1976). In the regions Roman lands of Bulgaria have not been a subject of of Western and Eastern Bulgaria, in the interior of special studies until present, although some studies the country, some Thracian state formations existed on the fauna of ancient Thrace, as reflected in the already during the second half of the 2nd millenni- ancient literature, exist (Velkov, 1956 a, b). The only um BC (Velkov, 1979). research on the birds during the Roman period of The Thracian art in Bulgaria has been subject Bulgaria was published by Boev (2006), where data of numerous investigations and interpretations so on 85 avian taxa were presented. 4 Zlatozar Boev In the last two decades, the ornithoarchaeo- Galabovo logical exploration of several dozens of monuments Gledachevo of Thracian (and early Roman) periods revealed in- Golyamata Peshtera Cave teresting details of exploitation of birds by the an- Kabile cient population in the Bulgarian lands. Kostinbrod Malak Preslavets – 2 Nicopolis-ad-Istrum Material and Methods Novae The Thracian period in the history of Orphey the Bulgarian lands covers the time from Peshterata na strelite approximately 2200 BC – 2nd c. BC (Velkov, 1979). Radnevo In the present study we discuss all preserved im- Ratiaria Serdica ages (pictures, bas-reliefs, statuettes, sculptures, Shipka etc.) of birds, found only in the present (since 1945) Sozopol Bulgarian lands, although former Thrace included Urdoviza parts of present Southern Bulgaria, Westernmost Yassa-Tepe Turkey and Eastern Greece (Velkov, 1979). The nu- Zelenigradska Cave merous archaeological finds in the former lands of the Thracians from the neighbouring countries re- List of the archaeological monuments with bird images main out of the scope of this paper. from the Thracian/Roman period in Bulgaria (Table 1): The subfossil records of the Late Holocene Armira birds of the Late Bronze and Iron Ages and the Borovo Chernozem Early Antiquity are presented in brief, as a number Dolna Koznitsa of special publications present this matter in more Dragodan detail. Durostorum (pr. Silistra) The “eagle-griffons”, “lion-griffons”, “horse- Duvanli roosters” (hippalectrions) and other fantastic crea- Galiche tures are intentionally omitted from this research. Garchinovo Their mythological and art significance are not tak- Garescus (pr. Sandanski) en into account, but they are listed as types only for Ginina Mound, Sveshtari comparison purposes. Although Kovachev, Sirakov Kabile (2016) state that modern scientists still argue about Kralevo the kind of bird, depicted as a hippalectrion, i. e. Letnitsa junglefowl (rooster), vulture or (?) griffon, here we Magurata Cave have to remind that the griffon is not a real animal Malomirovo species. It is a mythological creature and we could Marcianopolis Morozovo (pr. Gorno Tserkovishte) firmly accept that the hind part of the hippalectrion Mramor Mound, Panagyurishte represents the hind part of the body of a rooster. Nesebar The same applies for the discussed by Kovachev and Oescus Sirakov (2016) rhyton of Taneva mound from the Orsoya Sliven District. In addition, the numerous “eagle- Philippopolis (pr. Plovdiv) griffons” are not accepted and discussed as eagles. Rila Monastery Rogozen List of the archaeological monuments with bird bone remains from the Thracian/Roman period in Bulgaria Seuthopolis (Table 1): Shekerdzha Mound, Kamen Shipka Abritus Sofia Arbanas Sozopol Armira Starosel Bagachina Sveta Sofia Church Chavdarova Cheshma Tazha Ezero Varbitsa Filipovska Cave – 2* * “Filipovska Cave – 2” and “Malak Preslavets – 2” are listed as they appeared in the original publications. Birds in everyday life and art in Bulgaria (Thracian and Roman periods) 5 General characteristics of the Thracian art and its expressive significance As known, the Thracians did not have their own writing system. On certain occasions they used Ancient Greek writting, for example for the inscrip- tions on their vessels, often decorated with images of animals, including fine birds. It is notable, that the introduction of elements of the Hellenic iconography coincides with the first attempts for wider use of the Hellenic alphabet and language in the superscripts of the Thracian objects. According to Fol (1975), the art in Thrace was “aristocratic” in the 6th c. BC Fig. 1. Goose’s head from the Chernozem Village (Plovdiv Region; 2nd half of 5th c. BC). After Kisyov (2005). and after. The social fundament of the Thracian art led it to a rapid decline in times of social-political turbulences (Fol et al., 1993). These authors deter- mine the Thracian art as “geometric” in the 8th – 7th c. BC. According to Venedikov (1981), the geometric art and the animal ornaments appear in the western Thracian regions in the 7th and 6th c. BC. Thracian art treats the balance between one or another natural force, as well as that between man and nature, as opposed to the Hellenics, whose prin- ciples compare the relationship between human be- ings or those between humans and deities. From this point of view, two distinctly different systems are dis- tinguished, which suggests radically different sym- bolic structures. In fact, the language of art remains the only authentic “Thracian” language. During the Late Iron Age the Thracian art Fig. 2. Swans of the bronze pitcher-rython of the Borovo has its achievements in the tomb architecture (the treasure (Ruse Region; 4th c. BC). After Ivanov (1975). tombs in Kazanlak, Sveshtari), secular buildings, toreutics (the treasures of Letnitsa, Lukovit, Borovo, of the continent, including the most abundant (and Rogozen), decorations for horse ammunition favourable) faunal resources
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