A forager-herder trade-off, from broad-spectrum hunting to sheep management at Aşikli Höyük, Turkey

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 111, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 8404-8409

  Stiner, Mary C ^a   Buitenhuis, Hijlke ^b   Duru, Güneş ^c   Kuhn, Steven L ^a   Mentzer, Susan M ^a,d   Munro, Natalie D ^e   Pöllath, Nadja ^f   Quade, Jay ^g   Tsartsidou, Georgia ^h   Özbaşaran, Mihriban ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Archeosupport   (Netherlands)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^g University of Arizona   (United States)

^h Ephoreia of Palaeoanthropology Speleology of Southern Greece   (Greece)

Author keywords

Caprine domestication; Stabling deposits; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIET; DOMESTICATION; FORAGER; NEOLITHIC; PREY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOMETRIC DATING; SHEEP; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNGULATE;

CAPRINE DOMESTICATION; STABLING DEPOSITS; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ARCHAEOLOGY; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GEOGRAPHY; GOATS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; RUMINANTS; SHEEP; TIME FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84902168652     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1322723111     Document Type: Article

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