Behaviour Behind Bones: The zooarchaeology of ritual, religion, status and identity: Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the International Council of ... of the 9th Icaz Conference, Durham 2002, 1)

This book is the first in a series of volumes which form the published proceedings of the 9th meeting of the International Council of Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Durham in 2002. The 35 papers present a series of case studies from around the world. They stretch beyond the standard zooarchaeological topics of economy and ecology, and consider how zooarchaeological research can contribute to our understanding of human behaviour and social systems. The volume is divided into two parts. Part 1, Beyond Calories, focuses on the zooarchaeology of ritual and religion. Contributors discuss ways to approach questions of ritual and religion through the faunal record, and consider how material culture depicting and/or associated with animals can provides clues about ideology, religious practices and the role of animals within spiritual systems. Part 2, Equations for Inequality, looks at questions of identity, status and other forms of social differentiation in former human societies. Contributors discuss how differences in food consumption, nutrition, and food procurement strategies can be related to various forms of social differentiation among individuals and groups. Preface / Peter Rowley-conwy, Umberto Albarella, Keith Dobney -- Introduction / Sharyn Jones O'day, Wim Van Neer, Anton Ervynck -- Beyond Calories: The Zooarchaeology Of Ritual And Religion -- Feasting With The Dead?--a Ritual Bone Deposit At Domuztepe, South Eastern Turkey (c. 5550 Cal Bc) / Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Stuart Campbell -- Animal Offerings Found In Necropoleis Belonging To Santana Of Mures-cerniahov Culture From The East And The South Extra-carpathian Zones Of Romania / Simina Stanc, Luminita Bejenaru -- Caprines And Toads: Taphonomic Patterning Of Animal Offering Practices In A Late Bronze Age Burial Assemblage / Lior Weissbrod, Guy Bar-oz -- The Butchering Patterns Of Gamla And Yodefat: Beginning The Search For Kosher Practices / Carole Cope -- Predynastic Egyptian Bovid Burial In The Elite Cemetery At Hierakonpolis / Sylvia Warman -- Typhonic Bones: A Ritual Deposit From Saqqara? / Salima Ikram -- Bones And Bowls: A Preliminary Interpretation Of The Faunal Remains From The Punic Levels In Area B, At The Temple Of Tas-silg, Malta / Andre Corrado, Anthony Bonanno, Nicholas C. Vella -- An Iron Age Bone Assemblage From Durezza Cave, Carinthia, Austria: Detecting Ritual Behaviour Through Archaeozoological And Taphonomical Analyses / Alfred Galik -- Ritual Feasting In The Irish Iron Age: Re-examining The Fauna From Dun Ailinne In Light Of Contemporary Archaeological Theory / Pam Crabtree -- The Economic And Non-economic Animal: Roman Depositions And Offerings / Roel C. G. M. Lauwerier -- Roman Suovitaurilia And Its Predecessors / Barbara Wilkens -- Gastronomy Or Religion? : The Animal Remains From The Mithraeum At Tienen (belgium) / An Lentacker, Anton Ervynck And Wim Van Neer -- Prehispanic Guinea Pig Sacrifices In Southern Perú, The Case Of El Yaral / Juan Rofes -- Animals From The Maya Underworld : Reconstructing Elite Maya Ritual At The Cueva De Los Quetzales, Guatemala / Kitty F. Emery -- Observations On The Religious Content Of He Animal Imagery Of The Gran Coclé Semiotic Tradition Of Pre-columbian Panama / Richard Cooke -- Identifying Ritual Use Of Animals In The Northern American Southwest / Robert J. Muir And Jonathan C. Driver -- Facts And Fantasies : The Archaeology Of The Marquesan Dog / Sidsel N. Millerstrom -- Past And Present Perspectives On Secular Ritual : Food And The Fisherwomen Of The Lau Islands, Fiji / Sharyn Jones O'day -- Early Evidence Of Economic Specialization Or Social Differentiation : A Case Study From The Neolithic Lake Shore Settlement Arbon-bleiche 3 (switzerland) / Elisabeth Marti-grädel, Sabine Deschler-erb, Heide Hüster-plogmann And Jörg Schibler -- Levels Of Social Identity Expressed In The Refuse And Worked Bone From Middle Bronze Age Százhalombatta-földvár, Vatya Culture, Hungary / Alice M. Choyke, Maria Vretemark And Sabine Sten -- Animal Husbandry And Centralized Cultures : How Social And Political Factors Can Influence Rural Lifestyle / Giovanni Siracusano -- Food For The Dead, The Priest, And The Mayor : Looking For Status And Identity In The Middle Kingdom Settlement At South Abydos, Egypt / Stine Rossel -- Remains Of Traded Fish In Archaeological Sites : Indicators Of Status, Or Bulk Food? / Wim Van Neer And Anton Ervynck -- Orant, Pugnant, Laborant : The Diet Of The Three Orders In The Feudal Society Of Medieval North-western Europe / Anton Ervynck -- Dietary Habits Of A Monastic Community As Indicated By Animal Bone Remains From Early Modern Age In Austria / Alfred Galik And Günther Karl Kunst -- Status As Reflected In Food Refuse Of Late Medieval Noble And Urban Households At Namur (belgian) / Fabienne Pigière, Ides Boone, Mircea Udrescu, Wim Van Neer And Sofie Vanpoucke -- Food, Status And Formation Processes : A Case Study From Medieval England / Jonathan C. Driver -- Animal Bones As Indicators Of Kosher Food Refuse From 14th Century Ad Buda, Hungary / László Daróczi-szabó -- Ethnic Traditions In Meat Consumption And Herding At A 16th Century Cumanian Settlement In The Great Hungarian Plain / Éva Ágnes Nyerges -- Rich, Poor, Shaman, Child : Animals, Rank, And Status In The Gran Coclé Culture Area Of Pre-columbian Panama / Richard Cooke -- Hunting And Social Differentiation In The Late Prehispanic American Southwest / James M. Potter -- Zooarchaeological Evidence For Changing Socioeconomic Status Within Early Historic Native American Communities In Mid-atlantic North America / Heather A. Lapham -- Implications Of Risk Theory For Understanding Nineteenth Century Slave Diets In The Southern United States / Justin S. E. Lev-tov -- Cultural Identity And The Consumption Of Dogs In Western Africa / Veerle Linseele -- Hunting Practices And Consumption Patterns In Rural Communities In The Rif Mountains (morocco) : Some Ethno-zoological Notes / Marta Moreno-garcía. Edited By Sharyn Jones O'day, Wim Van Neer And Anton Ervynck. Proceedings Of The 9th Conference Of The International Council Of Archaeozoology, Durham, August 2002. Includes Bibliographical References. Cover 1 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 4 Contents 6 Preface 10 Introduction 11 Part 1: Beyond calories: the zooarchaeology of ritual and religion edited by Sharyn Jones O’Day 16 Chapter 1: Feasting with the dead? – a ritual bone deposit at Domuztepe, south eastern Turkey (c. 5550 cal BC) 17 Chapter 2: Animal offerings found in Necropoleis belonging to Santana of Mures-Cerniahov culture from the east and the south extra-Carpathian Zones of Romania 29 Chapter 3: Caprines and toads: taphonomic patterning of animal offering practices in a Late Bronze Age burial assemblage 35 Chapter 4: The butchering patterns of Gamla and Yodefat: beginning the search for kosher practices 40 Chapter 5: Predynastic Egyptian bovid burial in the elite cemetery at Hierakonpolis 49 Chapter 6: Typhonic bones: a ritual deposit from Saqqara? 56 Chapter 7: Bones and bowls: a preliminary interpretation of the faunal remains from the Punic levels in Area B, at the temple of Tas-Silg, Malta 62 Chapter 8: An Iron Age bone assemblage from Durezza Cave, Carinthia, Austria: detecting ritual behaviour through archaeozoological and taphonomical analyses 69 Chapter 9: Ritual feasting in the Irish Iron Age: re-examining the fauna from Dún Ailinne in light of contemporary archaeological theory 77 Chapter 10: The economic and non-economic animal: Roman depositions and offerings 81 Chapter 11: Roman suovitaurilia and its predecessors 88 Chapter 12: Gastronomy or religion? the animal remains from the mithraeum at Tienen (Belgium) 92 Chapter 13: Prehispanic guinea pig sacrifices in southern Perú, the case of El Yaral 110 Chapter 14: Animals from the Maya underworld: reconstructing elite Maya ritual at the Cueva de los Quetzales, Guatemala 116 Chapter 15: Observations on the religious content of the animal imagery of the ‘Gran Coclé’ semiotic tradition of pre-Columbian Panama 129 Chapter 16: Identifying ritual use of animals in the northern American Southwest 143 Chapter 17: Facts and fantasies: the archaeology of the Marquesan dog 159 Chapter 18: Past and present perspectives on secular ritual: food and the fisherwomen of the Lau Islands, Fiji 168 Part 2: Equations for inequality: the zooarchaeology of identity, status and other forms of social differentiation in former human societies edited by Wim Van Neer and Anton Ervynck 178 Chapter 19: Early evidence of economic specialization or social differentiation: a case study from the Neolithic lake shore settlement ‘Arbon-Bleiche 3’ (Switzerland) 179 Chapter 20: Levels of social identity expressed in the refuse and worked bone from Middle Bronze Age Százhalombatta- Földvár, Vatya culture, Hungary 192 Chapter 21: Animal husbandry and centralized cultures. How social and political factors can influence rural lifestyle 205 Chapter 22: Food for the dead, the priest, and the mayor: looking for status and identity in the Middle Kingdom settlement at South Abydos, Egypt 213 Chapter 23: Remains of traded fish in archaeological sites: indicators of status, or bulk food? 218 Chapter 24: Orant, pugnant, laborant. The diet of the three orders in the feudal society of medieval north-western Europe 230 Chapter 25: Dietary habits of a monastic community as indicated by animal bone remains from Early Modern Age in Austria 239 Chapter 26: Status as reflected in food refuse of late medieval noble and urban households at Namur (Belgium) 248 Chapter 27: Food, status and formation processes: a case study from medieval England 259 Chapter 28: Animal bones as indicators of kosher food refuse from 14th century AD Buda, Hungary 267 Chapter 29: Ethnic traditions in meat consumption and herding at a 16th century Cumanian settlement in the Great Hungarian Plain 277 Chapter 30: Rich, poor, shaman, child: animals, rank, and status in the ‘Gran Coclé’ culture area of pre-Columbian Panama 286 Chapter 31: Hunting and social differentiation in the late prehispanic American Southwest 300 Chapter 32: Zooarchaeological evidence for changing socioeconomic status within early historic Native American communities in Mid-Atlantic North America 308 Chapter 33: Implications of risk theory for understanding nineteenth century slave diets in the southern United States 319 Chapter 34: Cultural identity and the consumption of dogs in western Africa 333 Chapter 35: Hunting practices and consumption patterns in rural communities in the Rif mountains (Morocco) – some ethno-zoological notes 342