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

ABSTRACT: The origins of agriculture in Southwest Asia over 10,000 years ago and its subsequent spread into Europe during the Neolithic have been the focus of much archaeological research over the past several decades. Increasingly more sophisticated analytical techniques have allowed for better understanding of the complex interactions that occurred amongst humans, animals, and their environments during this transition. The Aegean Islands are critically situated where Anatolia and the mainland Greece meet, making the region pivotal for understanding the movement of the Neolithic into Europe. Located on the largest Turkish Aegean island of Gökçeada, the site of Uğurlu Höyük dates to the early Neolithic and has been the subject of ongoing excavations and research integrating a rigorous dating program

SUBMITTER: Pilaar Birch SE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6786565 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature