Zooarchaeological research has begun to expose the long and complex history of the pig in
the southern Levant. In this paper, we present the first large-scale synthesis of biometrical …

This chapter explores aspects of the economic, social and ontological relations between
people and animals during the Early and Middle Neolithic of the European lowlands. It …

The present overview deals with the fish remains found at Palaeolithic to Late Bronze Age
sites in the Eastern Mediterranean. Attention is focussed on both marine and continental …

In this chapter we illustrate, with examples, present-day traditional practices of pig
husbandry in Sardinia and Corsica. The approach to this work is ethnoarchaeological, which …

The Chalcolithic period in the Southern Levant witnessed increasing social differentiation
and economic specialization. Some of the most important sources of economic …

Previously identified periods of aridity in the palaeoclimate record for the Near East have
been argued to have greatly impacted ancient societies, causing widespread changes to …

The marked increase in caprine frequencies observed by the mid-Pre-Pottery Neolithic, is
generally accepted as heralding the onset of their domestication/or introduction as …

Abstract The Persian fallow deer (Dama dama mesopotamica) is currently a threatened
species. However, it played an important role in many Late Glacial and Early Holocene …

Husbandry of domesticated caprines emerged as a central component of southern
Levantine subsistence systems by the end of the 10th millennium cal. BP and remained so …

The recent excavations at Tell Aswad, near Damascus, have clarified the stratigraphic
sequence of the site. The occupations cover a large part of Prepottery Neolithic B, from a …