Archaeozoology of the Near East 9 : proceedings of the 9th Conference of the ASWA (AA) Working Group : archaeozoology of Southwest Asia and adjacent areas : in honour of Hans-Peter Uerpmann and François Poplin

This two part volume brings together over 60 specialists to present 31 papers on the latest research into archaeozoology of the Near East. The papers are wide-ranging in terms of period and geographical coverage: from Palaeolithic rock shelter assemblages in Syria to Byzantine remains in Palestine and from the Caucasus to Cyprus. Papers are grouped into thematic sections examining patterns of Palaeolithic and Neolithic subsistence in northern Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Iranian plateau; Palaeolithic to Neolithic faunal remains from Armenia; animal exploitation in Bronze Age urban sites; new evidence concerning pastoralism, nomadism and mobility; aspects of domestication and animal exploitation in the Arabian peninsula; several case studies on ritual animal deposits; and specific analyses of patterns of animal exploitation at urban sites in Turkey, Palestine and Jordan. This important collection of significant new work builds on the well-established foundation of previous ICAZ publications to present the very latest results of archaeozoological research in the prehistory of this formative region in the development of animal exploitation. Volume 1. Part 1. Palaeolithic And Neolithic Subsistence In Northern Mesopotamia, Anatolia And The Iranian Plateau. 1. 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, 10,400-9,000 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 Zooarchaeology. 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 In 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 ; 13. Animal Exploitation At Tell Bderi (syria) During The Early Bronze Period / Lubna Omar ; 14. Exploitation Of Fauna At Ras Shamra : Case Study Of The 'maison Aux Albâtres', Late Bronze Age, Northern Levant / Jwana Chahoud And Emmanuelle Vila ; 15. How Large A Sheep, How Big A Sample? / Laszlo Bartosiewicz ; 16. New Thoughts On The Role Of The Middle Khabur (syria) In The Urbanisation Of Northern Mesopotamia In The Early Bronze Age / Scott J. Rufolo. Volume 2. Part 4. Pastoralism, Nomadism And Mobility. 17. Fish And Mammal Bones In The Abu Dhabi Desert : Evidence For Bedouin Diet During The Pre-oil Era / Mark J. Beech, Hanae Sasaki, Tatsuo Sasaki, Walid Yasin Al-tikriti And Mohammed Amer Al-neyadi ; 18. Nomads, Horses And Mobility : An Assessment Of Geographic Origins Of Iron Age Horses Found At Tsengel Khairkhan And Baga Turgen Gol (mongolian Altai) Based On Oxygen Isotope Compositions Of Tooth Enamel / Robin Bendrey, Sébastien Lepetz, Antoine Zazzo, Marie Balasse, Tsagaan Turbat, Pierre Henri Giscard, Dominic Vella, Ganna I. Zaitseva, Konstantin V. Chugunov, Joël Ughetto, Karyne Debue And Jean-denis Vigne ; 19. Zooarchaeological Evidence For Pastoralism In The Early Transcaucasian Culture / Jennifer J. Piro And Pam J. Crabtree --^ Part 5. Exploitation Of Animals In The Arabian Peninsula. 20. New Data On Domestic And Wild Camels (camelus Dromedarius And Camelus Sp.) In Sabaean And Minaean Yemen / F.g. Fedele ; 21. The Iron Age Site Of Muweilah (sharjah, Uae) And The Problems Of Dromedary Domestication / Margarethe Uerpmann And Hans-peter Uerpmann ; 22. Fish Exploitation At Qal'at Al-bahrain From The Early Dilmun Period (3rd Millennium Bc) To The Middle Islamic Period (13[th]-16th Centuries Ad): Preliminary Results / Justine Vorenger ; 23. Evidence For Deep-sea Fishing And Cultural Identity During The Neolithic Period At Akab Island, Umm Al-qaiwain, United Arab Emirates / Mark J. Beech, Vincent Charpentier And Sophie Méry --^ Part 6. Rituals And Animal Deposits. 24. Elite Equids. 2, Seeing The Dead / Jill A. Weber ; 25. An Unusual Cattle Burial At Dayr Al-barshā (late Period, Middle Egypt) / Veerle Linseele, Wim Van Neer, Harco Willems And Bart Vanthuyne ; 26. The Opet Temple Courtyard Excavations : A New Zooarchaeological Study For Karnak (luxor, Egypt) / Hervé Monchot And Guillaume Charloux ; 27. More Animal Burials From The Predynastic Elite Cemetery Of Hierakonpolis (upper Egypt): The 2008 Season / Wim Van Neer, Veerle Linseele And Renée Friedman --^ Part 7. Animal Exploitation During Antiquity. 28. Animal Exploitation During The Classical/hellenistic Period At Tepe Düzen (sw Turkey): Preliminary Results / Bea De Cupere, Wim Van Neer, Kim Vyncke And Hannelore Vanhaverbeke ; 29. Une Accumulation D'équidés à Berytus : Approche Taxinomique Et Taphonomique / Yasha Hourani And Tarek Oueslati ; 30. The Animal Bone Remains From Mar Nicola, A Byzantine-islamic Site At Beit Jala, Palestine / Mohammad Al-zawahra ; 31. Faunal Analysis Of The Castle Of Aqaba (jordan): Preliminary Results / Bea De Cupere, Anton Ervynck, Mircea Udrescu, Wim Van Neer And Wim Wouters. Edited By Marjan Mashkour And Mark Beech. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover 1 About the pagination of this eBook 2 Volume 1 7 Contributors 10 Foreword: Introduction to ASWA by Marjan Mashkour and Mark Beech 14 Foreword by M. Mohamad Al-Neyadi, Director Al Ain, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA, previously ADACH) 17 Foreword by Pr Didier Gazagnadou, Cultural Councillor French Embassy, Abu Dhabi 19 Foreword in honour of the two pioneering researchers in Archaeozoology 21 Part 1: Palaeolithic and Neolithic Subsistence in Northern Mesopotamia, Anatolia and the Iranian plateau 27 1. Small game and the shifting subsistence patterns from the Upper Paleolithic to the Natufianat Baaz Rockshelter, Syria 28 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) 36 3. The fauna of Tell Aswad (Damascus, Syria), early Neolithic levels. Comparison with northernand southern Levant sites 49 4. Faunal remains from the Middle Neolithic site of Qaleh Rostam 67 5. Digesting the data: dogs as taphonomic agents at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey 85 Part 2: Caucasian Zooarchaeology 101 6. Carnivora mammals of the Holocene in Armenia 102 7. The Upper Palaeolithic fauna from Kalavan 1 (Armenia): preliminary results 114 8. Neolithic subsistence economy in the plain of Ararat: preliminary comparative analysis of the faunal remains from Aratashen and Khaturnarkh-Aknashen (Armenia) 124 9. Animal bones from Aramus, Armenia, excavation 2004 138 10. Analysis of Urartian bone remains from Erebuni, Armenia (2003–2007 excavations): possible use of bones for the manufacture of paint 157 Part 3: Examples of Animal Exploitaion on Urban Sites During the Bronze Age 171 11. Animal exploitation from the Bronze Age to the Early Islamic period in Haftavan Tepe (Western Azerbaijan-Iran) 172 12. Animal exploitation in the Upper Tigris river valley during the Middle Bronze Age: a first assessment from Hirbemerdon Tepe 197 13. Animal exploitation at Tell Bderi (Syria) during the Early Bronze period 209 14. Exploitation of fauna at Ras Shamra: case study of the ‘Maison aux Albâtres’, Late Bronze Age, northern Levant 223 15. How large a sheep, how big a sample? 243 16. New thoughts on the role of the Middle Khabur (Syria) in the urbanisation of northern Mesopotamia during the Early Bronze Age 253 Volume 2 275 Part 4: Pastoralism, Nomadism and Mobility 279 17. Fish and mammal bones in the Abu Dhabi desert: evidence for Bedouin diet during the pre-oil era 280 18. Nomads, horses and mobility: an assessment of geographic origins of Iron Age horses found at Tsengel Khairkhan and Baga Turgen Gol (Mongolian Altai) based on oxygen isotop ecompositions of tooth enamel 292 19. Zooarchaeological evidence for pastoralism in the Early Transcaucasian Culture 303 Part 5: Exploitation of Animals in the Arabian Peninsula 315 20. New data on domestic and wild camels 316 21. The Iron Age site of Muweilah (Sharjah, UAE) and the problems of dromedary domestication 342 22. Fish exploitation at Qal’at Al-Bahrain from the Early Dilmun period (3rd millennium BC) to the Middle Islamic period (13–16th centuries AD): preliminary results 350 23. Evidence for deep-sea fishing and cultural identity during the Neolithic period at Akab Island, Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates 361 Part 6: Rituals and Animal Deposits 369 24. Elite equids 2: seeing the dead 370 25. An unusual cattle burial at Dayr al-Barshā (Late Period, Middle Egypt) 383 26. The Opet Temple courtyard excavations: a new zooarchaeological study for Karnak (Luxor, Egypt) 408 27. More animal burials from the Predynastic elite cemetery of Hierakonpolis (Upper Egypt): the 2008 season 418 Part 7: Animal Exploitation During Antiquity 433 28. Animal exploitation during the Classical/Hellenistic period at Tepe Düzen (SW Turkey): preliminary results 434 29. Une accumulation d’équidés à Berytus: approche taxinomique et taphonomique 441 30. The animal bone remains from Mar Nicola, a Byzantine–Islamic site at Beit Jala, Palestine 461 31. Faunal analysis of the Castle of Aqaba (Jordan): preliminary results 473