This book introduces archeology's unique understanding of human societies. The text integrate... more This book introduces archeology's unique understanding of human societies. The text integrates world prehistory with discussions of archeological methods and techniques
The Natufian culture of Palestine has been seen as an important state in the progression from hun... more The Natufian culture of Palestine has been seen as an important state in the progression from hunting and gathering to food production. Henry (1875) first suggested that the Natufians used traps or surrounds to hunt gazelles collectively. This paper uses Faunal data from the site of Salibiya I in the lower Jordan valley to suggest that the Natufians practiced communal hunting of the mountain gazelle (Gazella, gazella). Ethnographic studies suggest that communal hunting entails planning, timing and the organization of large numbers of people. These are the same features of social organization needed for the initiation of agriculture. We suggest that it was the social organization needed for the communal hunt, rather than sedentarization, or demographic or ecological factors, that provided the preconditions for the beginning of agriculture.
Archaeology and Palaeoecology of the Ukrainian Steppe, edited by S.V. Makhortykh and A. de Kapitani, pp. 90-114. Kyiv: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine/Institute of Archaeology, 2017
This report is presented in Ukrainian first and is repeated entirely in English, with images at t... more This report is presented in Ukrainian first and is repeated entirely in English, with images at the end. A Ukrainian-USA field project conducted in 2010 at the deeply stratified Neolithic-Eneolithic settlement at Razdol'noe on the upper Kalmius River in the Azov steppes 65km NE of Mariupol confirmed the site stratigraphy, brought a US archaeozoologist (Crabtree) to identify the fauna obtained from a test pit dug down to natural soil, and confirmed a date of 5500 calBCE for domesticated cattle and sheep-goat from the oldest Neolithic stratum. Contemporary sites examined by Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute & colleagues in the N. Donets river valley did not have domesticated animals at this date, but in the Azov steppes cattle and sheep-goat were present at 5500 BCE as well as in Serednii Stih layers above, with diagnostic artifacts, illustrated.
This book introduces archeology's unique understanding of human societies. The text integrate... more This book introduces archeology's unique understanding of human societies. The text integrates world prehistory with discussions of archeological methods and techniques
The Natufian culture of Palestine has been seen as an important state in the progression from hun... more The Natufian culture of Palestine has been seen as an important state in the progression from hunting and gathering to food production. Henry (1875) first suggested that the Natufians used traps or surrounds to hunt gazelles collectively. This paper uses Faunal data from the site of Salibiya I in the lower Jordan valley to suggest that the Natufians practiced communal hunting of the mountain gazelle (Gazella, gazella). Ethnographic studies suggest that communal hunting entails planning, timing and the organization of large numbers of people. These are the same features of social organization needed for the initiation of agriculture. We suggest that it was the social organization needed for the communal hunt, rather than sedentarization, or demographic or ecological factors, that provided the preconditions for the beginning of agriculture.
Archaeology and Palaeoecology of the Ukrainian Steppe, edited by S.V. Makhortykh and A. de Kapitani, pp. 90-114. Kyiv: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine/Institute of Archaeology, 2017
This report is presented in Ukrainian first and is repeated entirely in English, with images at t... more This report is presented in Ukrainian first and is repeated entirely in English, with images at the end. A Ukrainian-USA field project conducted in 2010 at the deeply stratified Neolithic-Eneolithic settlement at Razdol'noe on the upper Kalmius River in the Azov steppes 65km NE of Mariupol confirmed the site stratigraphy, brought a US archaeozoologist (Crabtree) to identify the fauna obtained from a test pit dug down to natural soil, and confirmed a date of 5500 calBCE for domesticated cattle and sheep-goat from the oldest Neolithic stratum. Contemporary sites examined by Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute & colleagues in the N. Donets river valley did not have domesticated animals at this date, but in the Azov steppes cattle and sheep-goat were present at 5500 BCE as well as in Serednii Stih layers above, with diagnostic artifacts, illustrated.
European Journal of Archaeology Special Issue 'Animal husbandry in the western Roman Empire: a zo... more European Journal of Archaeology Special Issue 'Animal husbandry in the western Roman Empire: a zooarchaeological perspective' 20(3): 535-556.
The 2nd international conference ARCHAEOLOGY OF ARMENIA IN REGIONAL CONTEXT Yerevan ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀՆԱ... more The 2nd international conference ARCHAEOLOGY OF ARMENIA IN REGIONAL CONTEXT Yerevan ՀԱՅԱՍՏԱՆԻ ՀՆԱԳԻՏՈՒԹՅՈՒՆԸ ՏԱՐԱԾԱՇՐՋԱՆԱՅԻՆ ՀԱՄԱՏԵՔՍՏՈՒՄ II
In this contribution we present the results of a multidisciplinary research on the landscape and ... more In this contribution we present the results of a multidisciplinary research on the landscape and agricultural history of southern Cappadocia (Turkey), from the Bronze Age to the Medieval period. The study is based on paleoenvironmental (§ 2.1) and archaeological surveys (§ 2.2) conducted in the Bor plain, as well as archaeobotanical (§ 3.1) and zooarchaeological (§ 3.2) analyses from the site of Kınık Höyük. The available evidence indicates the development during the 1 st millennium BCE of a rich agricultural landscape, dominated by the cultivation of water-demanding crops. The evidence from southern Cappadocia is discussed in the broader central Anatolian context, pointing to the presence of regional differences in agropastoral economies (§ 4).
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