1. Aurochs bone deposits at Kfar HaHoresh and the southern Levant across the agricultural transition
- Author
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Natalie D. Munro, A. Nigel Goring-Morris, and Jacqueline Meier
- Subjects
010506 paleontology ,Archeology ,060102 archaeology ,biology ,Southern Levant ,business.industry ,General Arts and Humanities ,Context (language use) ,06 humanities and the arts ,Aurochs ,biology.organism_classification ,01 natural sciences ,Archaeology ,Pre-Pottery Neolithic ,Animal management ,Geography ,Agriculture ,Long period ,0601 history and archaeology ,business ,Domestication ,human activities ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences - Abstract
Aurochs played a prominent role in mortuary and feasting practices during the Neolithic transition in south-west Asia, although evidence of these practices is diverse and regionally varied. This article considers a new concentration of aurochs bones from the southern Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Kfar HaHoresh, situating it in a regional context through a survey of aurochs remains from other sites. Analysis shows a change in the regional pattern once animal domestication began from an emphasis on feasting to small-scale practices. These results reveal a widely shared practice of symbolic cattle use that persisted over a long period, but shifted with the beginning of animal management across the region
- Published
- 2017