Collecting, sieving and archaeozoological research

Clason, A.T.; Prummel, W.

doi:10.1016/0305-4403(77)90064-4

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“…The most likely cause of this dissimilarity is the difference in the recovery techniques used in the two excavations. It is well known that sieving mitigates bias causing a low turnout of smaller animals (Payne 1972;Clason, Prummel 1977). Regardless of artificial differences in proportions, both assemblages demonstrate the important place of imported ovicaprid herds in domestic herd composition in D∫-I.…”

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Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

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Investigations of a balk in the centre of the prehistoric settlement of Džuljunica-Smărdeš comprised a sequence of archaeological deposits from the very onset of Neolithisation in South-eastern Europe throughout the end of the Early Neolithic. The arrival of Neolithic lifeways in the region coincides with the end of a period for which palaeoclimate proxies attest to considerable climate fluctuation. In connection with these investigations, the zoological finds were examined, which provide insight into the economy of this key settlement for the entire Balkan region.

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Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

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“…It has been shown time and again that it is necessary to implement sieving in order to produce representative faunal samples (Thomas 1969;Casteel 1970;Payne 1972Payne , 1975Clason and Prummel 1977).…”

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Ancient harp seal hunters of Disko Bay (Vol. 330):Subsistence and settlement at the Saqqaq culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland

Meldgaard¹

2004

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“…Both the species spectrum and the range of represented size classes are likely to have been strongly affected by this decision, particularly the fish. Several studies have shown that a more complete recovery of fish remains is only possible through the employment of dry and wet sieving techniques (Clason & Prummel, 1977;Rose, 1994, p. 388;, as has also been noted at Kinet. However, because much of the deposit was fill, the excavators decided not to sieve the matrix.…”

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New Evidence for Fish Processing in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: FormalisedEpinephelusButchery in Fifth CenturybcKinet Höyük, Turkey

Çakırlar

Ikram

Gates³

2014

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Archaeological evidence for fish preparation in the Eastern Mediterranean is scarce. A Late fifth century deposit at Kinet Höyük provides tangible evidence for the systematic butchering of large individuals of Epinephelus (groupers), and possibly of Mugilidae (mullets), and Clarias gariepinus (African catfish). Butchery marks on head and proximal trunk regions of groupers follow a consistent pattern, indicating the processing of large fish heads for, apparently, local redistribution and consumption at the settlement. Although elements of the vertebral column remaining between the atlas and the ultimate vertebra are virtually absent in the assemblage associated with these butchered fish remains, this differential representation of elements does not appear to be an unequivocal reflection of fish processing techniques and subsequent trade. The insufficiency of research on ancient fisheries and fishing in the Eastern Mediterranean poses an obstacle to contextualise this deposit within a general historical and archaeological framework. Copyright

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Collecting, sieving and archaeozoological research

Cited by 54 publications

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Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

Beginnings of the Neolithic in Southeast Europe: the Early Neolithic sequence and absolute dates from Džuljunica-Smărdeš (Bulgaria)

Ancient harp seal hunters of Disko Bay (Vol. 330):Subsistence and settlement at the Saqqaq culture site Qeqertasussuk (2400-1400 BC), West Greenland

New Evidence for Fish Processing in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: FormalisedEpinephelusButchery in Fifth CenturybcKinet Höyük, Turkey

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