Spread of domestic animals across Neolithic western Anatolia: New zooarchaeological evidence from Ugurlu Hoyuk, the island of Gokceada, Turkey.

ABSTRACT: The zooarchaeological research presented here investigates Neolithic and Chalcolithic (ca. 6500-5000 cal. BC) animal exploitation strategies at Uğurlu Höyük on the Turkish island of Gökçeada in the northeastern Aegean Sea. Toward this end, we first discuss the results of our analysis of the zooarchaeological assemblages from Uğurlu Höyük and then consider the data within a wider regional explanatory framework using a diachronic approach, comparing them with those from western and northwestern Anatolian sites. The first settlers of Gökçeada were farmers who introduced domestic sheep, goats, cattle and pigs to the island as early as 6500 years BC. Our results align well with recently published zooarchaeological data on the westward spread of domestic animals across Turkey and the Neolithizat

SUBMITTER: Atici L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5646842 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature