[Prehistoric fauna in Bulgaria]

Earliest husbandry in Bulgaria is investigated by the example of the Early Neolithic settlement of Koprivec. There was no domestication activity in the region. Pig-keeping was of no importance during the earliest period. Numerous bone-findings from the Aeneolithic up to the Bronze Age settlement of Durankulak build the base of a reconstruction of wildlife. Most of the larger mammals were species that lived in forests. Remarkable is the occurrence of the lion. A rich avifauna shows several species living near inland water or at the coast, different birds of prey as well as in the Aeneolithic layer bones of Otis tarda, which only occurs in the steppe. During the Bronze Age the spectrum of species has changed.