Bird bones are rare finds in Bronze Age excavations in Greece, though, the presence of bird representations in art of the same period is remarkable. This paper examines this paradox from a zooarchaeological perspective. It records and presents the osteological evidence for bird exploitation by Bronze Age communities in Greece and examines the characteristics of the bird bone assemblages, emphasizing the need for nuance and methodological rigor in interpreting these data. This evidence is then viewed against the contemporary birds’ representations record from the same area. From such a comparative approach, a number of similarities and differences emerge regarding the intensity of human-bird interactions, the preferred bird types or the significance of particular types of birds across the study area. Further study of these discrepancies may offer a better understanding of the role of birds in Bronze Age Aegean.

在希腊青铜时代的发掘中，鸟骨是罕见的发现，但同时期艺术中鸟类表现的存在是显着的。本文从动物考古学的角度考察了这一悖论。它记录并展示了希腊青铜时代社区鸟类剥削的骨学证据，并检查了鸟类骨骼组合的特征，强调在解释这些数据时需要细微差别和方法上的严谨性。然后根据同一地区的当代鸟类表现记录来查看这一证据。通过这种比较方法，在人与鸟类相互作用的强度、首选鸟类类型或特定类型鸟类在整个研究区域的重要性方面出现了许多相似之处和不同之处。