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Author Mashkour, Marjan

Title Archaeozoology of the Near East
Published Havertown : Oxbow Books, 2017

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Contents Title; Copyright; Contents; VOLUME 1; Contributors; Foreword: Introduction to ASWA by Marjan Mashkour and Mark Beech; Foreword by M. Mohamad Al-Neyadi, Director Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA, previously ADACH); Foreword by Pr Didier Gazagnadou, Cultural Councillor French Embassy, Abu Dhabi; Foreword in honour of the two pioneering researchers in Archaeozoology; The contribution of Hans-Peter Uerpmann to the Archaeozoology of the Near East Nicolas Conard; The contribution of François Poplin to Archaeozoological studies Christine Lefèvre
PART 1: PALAEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC SUBSISTENCE IN NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA, ANATOLIA AND THE IRANIAN PLATEAU1. Small game and the shifting subsistence patterns from the Upper Paleolithic to the Natufian at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria: (Hannes Napierala, Andrew W. Kandel and Nicholas J. Conard); 2. Instability and co-development of the exploitation of early domestic sheep and goats: the example of Shillourokambos (Cyprus, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 10,400-9000 cal BP): (Jean-Denis Vigne, Isabelle Carrère and Jean Guilaine)
3. The fauna of Tell Aswad (Damascus, Syria), early Neolithic levels. Comparison with northern and southern Levant sites: (Daniel Helmer and Lionel Gourichon)4. Faunal remains from the Middle Neolithic site of Qaleh Rostam: (Julie Daujat and Marjan Mashkour); 5. Digesting the data: dogs as taphonomic agents at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey: (Nerissa Russell and Katheryn C. Twiss); PART 2: CAUCASIAN ZOARCHAEOLOGY; 6. Carnivora mammals of the Holocene in Armenia: (Nina Manaseryan)
7. The Upper Palaeolithic fauna from Kalavan 1 (Armenia): preliminary results: (Adrian Bălăşescu, Cyril Montoya, Boris Gasparyan, Jérémie Liagre and Christine Chataigner)8. Neolithic subsistence economy in the plain of Ararat: preliminary comparative analysis of the faunal remains from Aratashen and Khaturnarkh-Aknashen (Armenia): (Emmanuelle Vila, Adrian Bălăşescu, Valentin Radu, Ruben Badalyan and Christine Chataigner); 9. Animal bones from Aramus, Armenia, excavation 2004: (Hans Christian Küchelmann, Nina Manaseryan and Lilit Mirzoyan)
10. Analysis of Urartian bone remains from Erebuni, Armenia (2003-2007 excavations): possible use of bones for the manufacture of paint: (Lilit Mirzoyan and Nina Manaseryan)PART 3. EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL EXPLOITATION ON URBAN SITES DURING THE BRONZE AGE; 11. Animal exploitation from the Bronze Age to the Early Islamic period in Haftavan Tepe (Western Azerbaijan-Iran): (Fatemeh Azadeh Mohaseb and Marjan Mashkour); 12. Animal exploitation in the Upper Tigris river valley during the Middle Bronze Age: a first assessment from Hirbemerdon Tepe: (Rémi Berthon)
Notes 13. Animal exploitation at Tell Bderi (Syria) during the Early Bronze period: (Lubna Omar)
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Subject Animal remains (Archaeology) -- Middle East -- Congresses
Hunting and gathering societies -- Middle East -- Congresses
Prehistoric peoples -- Middle East -- Congresses
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Antiquities.
Hunting and gathering societies.
Prehistoric peoples.
SUBJECT Middle East -- Antiquities -- Congresses
Subject Middle East.
Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings.
Form Electronic book
Author Beech, Mark
ISBN 9781782978459
1782978453