Halstead, P. orcid.org/0000-0002-3347-0637 (2020) Zooarchaeological evidence for animal exploitation at Earlier Neolithic Tsoungiza, Ancient Nemea. Hesperia, 89 (2). pp. 191-214. ISSN 0018-098X
Abstract
Animal bones from the earlier Neolithic open-air settlement at Tsoungiza, Ancient Nemea, are dominated by sheep and secondarily by pigs and goats, with cattle scarce and dogs absent. Slaughter ages suggest management of sheep/goat for meat more than milk production. Sparse evidence for wild animals is restricted to foxes and hares. Domesticate carcasses were butchered into large segments, arguably for sharing between social groups larger than single households. In scarcity of game, dominance of sheep, emphasis on meat production, and low-intensity butchering, Tsoungiza resembles other earlier Neolithic sites in Greece, but preferential slaughter of young adult sheep/goats and selective anatomical treatment are distinctive features, perhaps related to collective commensality.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © American School of Classical Studies at Athens, originally published in Hesperia 89 (2020), pp. 191–214. This offprint is supplied for personal, non-commercial use only, and reflects the definitive electronic version of the article, found at <https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/hesperia.89.2.0191>. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Arts and Humanities (Sheffield) > Department of Archaeology (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 12 May 2020 09:12 |
Last Modified: | 22 Oct 2020 10:01 |
Published Version: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/hesperia.89.2... |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American School of Classical Studies at Athens |
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Identification Number: | 10.2972/hesperia.89.2.0191 |
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