First steps of animal domestication : new archaeozoological approaches

Körperschaft: International Council for Archaeozoology. Conference
International Council for Archaeozoology
Weitere Verfasser: Vigne, Jean-Denis
Peters, Joris , ORC ID
Helmer, Daniel
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Oxford : Oxbow Books, 2005.
Umfang/Format: viii, 176 p. : ill., maps ; 31 cm.
ISBN: 1842171216
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • New archaeological approaches to trace the first steps of animal domestication : general presentation, reflections and proposals / Jean-Denis Vigne, Daniel Helmer and Joris Peters
  • Experimental animal domestication and its application to the study of animal exploitation in prehistory / Benjamin S. Arbuckle
  • The domestication of the wolf - the inevitable first? / Werner Muller
  • Breaking the mould : a consideration of variation in the evolution of animal domestication / Ricahrd W. Redding
  • Assessing the origin and diffusion of domestic goats using ancient DNA / Helena Fernandez ... [et al.]
  • Kernel smoothing and mixture analyses for the determination of the sex ratios at death, at the beginning of domestication of ungulates / Herve Monchot ... [et al.]
  • Two novel methods for the study of dental morphological variation in Sus scrofa, in order to identify separate breeding groups within archaeological assemblages / Sylvia Warman
  • Pig exploitation at Hagoshri : a prehistoric site in the southern Levant / Annat Haber ... [et al.]
  • Identifying early domestic cattle from Pre-Pottery Neolithic sites on the middle Euphrates using sexual dimorphism / Daniel Helmer ... [et al.]
  • The upper Euphrates-Tigris basin : Cradle of agro-pastoralism? / Joris Peters ... [et al.]
  • A view from the Zagros : new perspectives on livestock domestication in the fertile crescent / Melinda A. Zeder
  • Animal domestication in East Asia. Wild pig? Or domesticated boar? An archaeological view on the domestication of Sus scrofa in Japan / Akira Matsui ... [et al.]
  • Wild boar remains from the Neolithic (Jomon Period) sites on the Izu Islands and in Hokkaido Island, Japan / Yamazaki Kyomi ... [et al.].