Tell Damishliyya Faunal Bone Report

Evidence of resilience to past climate change in Southwest Asia: Early farming communities and the 9.2 and 8.2 ka events

“…For example at Çatalh€ oyük East, one of the sites that continued throughout the 8.2 ka event, wild plant resources like tubers, nuts and fruits as well as wild animals were an important addition to the diet throughout the site's history (Asouti and Fairbairn, 2002;Fairbairn et al, 2007;Fuller et al, 2014;Roberts and Rosen, 2009;Russell and Martin, 2005). At many other sites, wild plants and animals were also used as an addition to the diet, although with their importance and the used species varying between sites (Akkermans et al, 1983(Akkermans et al, , 2006Fairbairn et al, 2007;Kansa et al, 2009;Russell and Buitenhuis, 2008;but see Cappers, 2014). While wild resources appear to have been often only small additions to the diet, such small extras would have been important in times of stress.…”

The Rise of Pastoralism in the Ancient Near East

“…Burned herbivore dung also has been identified at Ali Kosh (Southwest Iran), at the Late Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (PPNB) village of Bouqras on the Middle Euphrates, and at the Late PPNB village of Tell Seker al-Ahaimar (northern Syria) (Miller 1996;Portillo et al 2014;van Zeist and Waterbolk-Van Rooijen 1985). At Ali Kosh (c. 7000 BC), herds were grazed in and around fields in the summer (Sana and Tornero 2013), Gritille (Monahan 2000), Mezraa-Teleilat (Ilgezdi 2008), Tell Turlu (Ducos 1991), Assouad (Helmer 1985), Damishliyya (Russell and Buitenhuis 2008), Sabi Abyad (Cavallo and Moesker 2008;Russell 2010), Tell Boueid (Sana 2002), Umm Qseir (Zeder 1994a), Chagar Bazar (Sana 2006), Tell Brak (Clutton-Brock et al 2001, Shams ed Din (Uerpmann 1982), Fıstıklı (D. Orton, personal communication, 2014, Çavı Tarlası (Schäffer and Boessneck 1988), Lidar (Kussinger 1988), Habuba Kabira (von den Driesch 1993), Halawa (Boessneck and von den Driesch 1989), Sheikh Hasan (Helmer 1994), Tell Sweyhat (Weber 1997).…”

“…Arrows indicate major changes in animal exploitation strategies or appearance of new livestock taxa. Based on the following sites: Mureybet (Gourichon and Helmer 2008), Göbekli Tepe (Peters et al 2005), Nevalı Çori (von den Driesch and Peters 2001), Abu Hureyra (Legge and Rowley-Conwy 2000), Halula (Sana and Tornero 2013), Gritille(Monahan 2000), Mezraa-Teleilat(Ilgezdi 2008), Tell Turlu(Ducos 1991), Assouad(Helmer 1985), Damishliyya(Russell and Buitenhuis 2008), Sabi Abyad(Cavallo and Moesker 2008;Russell 2010), Tell Boueid(Sana 2002), Umm Qseir(Zeder 1994a), Chagar Bazar(Sana 2006), Tell Brak (Clutton-Brock et al 2001, Shams ed Din(Uerpmann 1982), Fıstıklı (D. Orton, personal communication, 2014, Çavı Tarlası(Schäffer and Boessneck 1988), Lidar(Kussinger 1988), Habuba Kabira (von den Driesch 1993), Halawa(Boessneck and von den Driesch 1989), Sheikh Hasan(Helmer 1994), Tell Sweyhat(Weber 1997).…”