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Unwanted Inhabitants?
ISBN-13: 9783639112139 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 268 str.
The Neolithic of southwest Asia is a critical time in human history; it saw the emergence of agriculture, the beginning of prolonged sedentism, a change in cultural and ritual practices and the advent of complex societies. With this came not only a practical change in resource management but also an ideological shift in how these resources were viewed. By comparing microfaunal assemblages from two very different sites in Anatolia, Catalhoyuk and Pınarbaşı, Emma Jenkins explores how microfauna can be used to provide information about the palaeoenvironment, the effects of sedentism on microfaunal communities and past ritual and cultural beliefs. The results show that while the Catalhoyuk assemblage consists predominantly of house mice, no commensal species were found at Pınarbaşı, indicating that sedentism does lead to commensalism. The discovery of dense concentrations of microfauna derived from carnivore scats, and incorporated into human burials at Catalhoyuk, suggests that small mammals or their predators had a role in the ritual life at the site. These findings are useful to other researchers studying the Neolithic and to those interested in the field of microfaunal analysis.
The Neolithic of southwest Asia is a critical time inhuman history; it saw the emergence of agriculture,the beginning of prolonged sedentism, a change incultural and ritual practices and the advent ofcomplex societies. With this came not only apractical change in resource management but also anideological shift in how these resources were viewed.By comparing microfaunal assemblages from two verydifferent sites in Anatolia, Çatalhöyük andPınarbaşı, Emma Jenkins explores how microfauna canbe used to provide information about thepalaeoenvironment, the effects of sedentism onmicrofaunal communities and past ritual and culturalbeliefs. The results show that while the Çatalhöyükassemblage consists predominantly of house mice, nocommensal species were found at Pınarbaşı, indicatingthat sedentism does lead to commensalism. Thediscovery of dense concentrations of microfaunaderived from carnivore scats, and incorporated intohuman burials at Çatalhöyük, suggests that smallmammals or their predators had a role in the rituallife at the site. These findings are useful to otherresearchers studying the Neolithic and to thoseinterested in the field of microfaunal analysis.
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