Archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and Adjacent Areas XIII: Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Symposium, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus, June 7-10, 2017
Synopsis
Southwest Asia is at the epicenter of zooarchaeological research on pivotal changes in human history such as animal domestication and the emergence of social complexity. This volume continues the long tradition of the ASWA conference series in publishing new research results in the zooarchaeology of southwest Asia and adjacent areas. The book is organized in three thematic areas. The first presents new methodological tools and approaches in the study of animal remains exemplified through studies on domestication, butchery practices, microdebris, intrasite contextual comparisons and age-at-death recording. Besides offering interesting insights into our past, these methodological developments enable higher resolution for future research. The second section focuses on the subsistence economies of prehistoric and early complex societies and provides new insights into how animal management developed in southwest Asia. The third section includes intriguing new research results on the roles of animals in the symbolic world of ancient societies, such as the meaning of insect figures at Göbekli Tepe, animal cults in Egypt, feasting in Iron Age Oman, and the ornithological interpretation of Byzantine mosaics.
Chapters
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Front Matter
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Assessing Changes in Animal Mobility and Activity Patterns During Early Stages of Domestication and Husbandry of CapraTell Halula as a Case Study (Euphrates Valley, Syria)
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Pigs in BetweenPig Husbandry in the Late Neolithic in Northern Mesopotamia
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Stable Isotope Evidence for Animal Husbandry Practices at Prehistoric Monjukli Depe, Southern Turkmenistan
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The Butchered Faunal Remains from Nahal Tillah, an Early Bronze Age I Egypto-Levantine Settlement in the Southern Levant
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Sweating the Small StuffMicrodebris Analysis at Tell eṣ-Ṣâfi/Gath, Israel
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Bad Contexts, Nice Bones – and Vice Versa?
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Animal Exploitation and Community Behavior at a Middle Bronze Age Village on Cyprus
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Old Dentitions and Young Post-craniaSheep Burials in the Ptolemaic-Early Roman Animal Necropolis at Syene/Upper Egypt
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Osseous Artifacts from the Late Iron Age Site of Kale-Krševica (Southern Serbia)Seasons 2013-2016
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Exploring Ubaid-Period Agriculture in Northern MesopotamiaThe Fifth-Millennium BC Animal Remains from Tell Ziyadeh, Syria
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Animal Bones from the 2009-2012 Excavations at the Early Bronze Age Site of Shengavit, Yerevan, ArmeniaA First Look
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Animal Economy at Karkemish from the Late Bronze to the Iron AgeA Preliminary Assessment
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The Subsistence Economy of a Highland Settlement in the Zagros during the Bronze and Iron AgesThe Case of Gūnespān (Hamadan, Iran)
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Animal Exploitation in the Samarkand Oasis (Uzbekistan) at the Time of the Arab ConquestZooarchaeological Evidence from the Excavations at Kafir Kala
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Emerging BeesIdentification and Possible Meanings of Insect Figures at Göbekli Tepe
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The Cult of Horus and ThothA Study of Egyptian Animal Cults in Theban Tombs 11, 12, and -399-
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Animals and CeremoniesNew Results from Iron Age Husn Salut (Sultanate of Oman)
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Ornithological Interpretation of the Sixth-Century AD Byzantine Mosaics from Tall Tall Bī‛a, Syria
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