The cat has long been important to human societies as a pest-control agent, object of
symbolic value and companion animal, but little is known about its domestication process and …

This study presents the results of a major data integration project bringing together primary
archaeozoological data for over 200,000 faunal specimens excavated from seventeen sites …

The measurement of stable carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotopes of caprine bone
collagen from the Neolithic sites of Çatalhöyük and Aşıklı Höyük in south-central Anatolia …

Aşıklı Höyük is the earliest known preceramic Neolithic mound site in Central Anatolia. The
oldest Levels, 4 and 5, spanning 8,200 to approximately 9,000 cal BC, associate with round-…

Located in the Central Anatolian Volcanic Province, Kaletepe Deresi 3 was discovered in
the summer of 2000 and has been under investigation since that time. Volcanic activity in the …

Thirty-five years ago, Dexter Perkins (1969) published a brief preliminary analysis of the animal
bones from Ca-talhöyuk, focusing on the question of cattle domestication. It was the only …

Sheep and goats (caprines) were domesticated in Southwest Asia in the early Holocene,
but how and in how many places remain open questions. This study investigates the initial …

Zusammenfassung In this paper the faunal data known from the earliest Neolithic settlements
in eastern Anatolia are compared with new data from the excavations at Asikli Hoyük. In …

This chapter investigates spatial variation in animal exploitation strategies for Anatolia. It
discusses the biogeography and biodiversity, osteomorphology and osteometry, demography …

Despite the important roles that horses have played in human history, particularly in the
spread of languages and cultures, and correspondingly intensive research on this topic, the …