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Boncuklu Höyük and Can Hasan III as Case Studies
A BIAA Hybrid Lecture with Özlem Sarıtaş.
The development of caprine and cattle herding and suid husbandry in central Anatolia is a long and potentially complex process, for which the settlements of Pınarbaşı, Boncuklu Höyük and Can Hasan III have a crucial role. Cattle, caprines (sheep-goat) and suids were important to central Anatolian Neolithic communities, and their earliest management is a matter for debate. While the 10th-9th millennium cal BC, Pınarbaşı indicate a high proportion of caprines, the 9th-8th Millennium Boncuklu Höyük reveals a community of farmers who cultivated wild and domestic plants and utilised various hunted animals, including a high proportion of cattle and pig. The Can Hasan III sequence commences approximately 100–200 years after the end of the Boncuklu sequence, thus, making it vital for understanding the development of caprine herding and possibly early cattle management. Although there is a significant increase in caprine exploitation, compared to Boncuklu, Can Hasan III would span this critical period of economic transition. This talk will present the combination of all zooarchaeological analyses for Boncuklu Höyük and Can Hasan compared to Pınarbaşı.
Find out more information via the BIAA website: biaa.ac.uk/events/the-development-of-hunting-and-early-herding-strategies-in-neolithic-central-anatolia
Boncuklu Höyük and Can Hasan III as Case Studies
A BIAA Hybrid Lecture with Özlem Sarıtaş.
The development of caprine and cattle herding and suid husbandry in central Anatolia is a long and potentially complex process, for which the settlements of Pınarbaşı, Boncuklu Höyük and Can Hasan III have a crucial role. Cattle, caprines (sheep-goat) and suids were important to central Anatolian Neolithic communities, and their earliest management is a matter for debate. While the 10th-9th millennium cal BC, Pınarbaşı indicate a high proportion of caprines, the 9th-8th Millennium Boncuklu Höyük reveals a community of farmers who cultivated wild and domestic plants and utilised various hunted animals, including a high proportion of cattle and pig. The Can Hasan III sequence commences approximately 100–200 years after the end of the Boncuklu sequence, thus, making it vital for understanding the development of caprine herding and possibly early cattle management. Although there is a significant increase in caprine exploitation, compared to Boncuklu, Can Hasan III would span this critical period of economic transition. This talk will present the combination of all zooarchaeological analyses for Boncuklu Höyük and Can Hasan compared to Pınarbaşı.
Find out more information via the BIAA website: biaa.ac.uk/events/the-development-of-hunting-and-early-herding-strategies-in-neolithic-central-anatolia
