Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 40, Issue 4, Pages 1805-1815Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.12.008
Keywords
Neolithic; Central Anatolia; Animal domestication; Sus scrofa; Bos taurus; Animal economy
Funding
- NSF [BCS-0530699]
- National Geographic
- American Research Institute in Turkey
- Baylor University
- Harvard University
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This paper summarizes and interprets zooarchaeological evidence for cattle and pig domestication in Neolithic Central Anatolia. Biometric and demographic data indicate that domestic cattle first appear in the region in the late seventh millennium cal BC while domestic pigs are not evident until the mid fifth millennium. This places the origins of cattle and pig husbandry in Central Anatolia considerably later than in neighboring regions. Reasons for this delay in the spread of productive animal husbandry practices are explored. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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