Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 32, Issue 9, Pages 1408-1416Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2005.03.018
Keywords
domestication; population; neolithic; demography; levant; near East
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Zoo-archaeological remains from the southern Levant indicate two shifts in the pattern of animal exploitation from Palaeolithic to Pre-Pottery Neolithic times. These shifts were especially marked towards the end of this time span. One is the increased consumption of small animals and the other shift is an increased hunting of juvenile gazelles compared to adults. Both are interpreted in terms of an increased intensity of exploitation of environmental resources due, it is suggested, to population increase, which subsequently forced people to husband animals. (c) 2005 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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