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| Foreword: Introduction to ASWA |
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| Foreword in honour of the two pioneering researchers in Archaeozoology |
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| The contribution of Hans-Peter Uerpmann to the Archaeozoology of the Near East Nicolas Conard |
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| The contribution of Francois Poplin to Archaeozoological studies Christine Lefevre |
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PART 1 PALAEOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC SUBSISTENCE IN NORTHERN MESOPOTAMIA, ANATOLIA AND THE IRANIAN PLATEAU |
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1 Small game and the shifting subsistence patterns from the Upper Paleolithic to the Natufian at Baaz Rockshelter, Syria |
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2 Instability and co-development of the exploitation of early domestic sheep and goats: the exampleof Shillourokambos (Cyprus, Pre-Pottery Neolithic, 10,400--9000 cal BP) |
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3 The fauna of Tell Aswad (Damascus, Syria), early Neolithic levels. Comparison with northern and southern Levant sites |
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4 Faunal remains from the Middle Neolithic site of Qaleh Rostam |
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5 Digesting the data: dogs as taphonomic agents at Neolithic Catalhoyuk, Turkey |
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PART 2 CAUCASIAN ZOOARCHAEOLOGY |
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6 Carnivora mammals of the Holocene in Armenia |
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7 The Upper Palaeolithic fauna from Kalavan 1 (Armenia): preliminary results |
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8 Neolithic subsistence economy in the plain of Ararat: preliminary comparative analysis of the faunal remains from Aratashen and Khaturnarkh-Aknashen (Armenia) |
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9 Animal bones from Aramus, Armenia, excavation 2004 |
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10 Analysis of Urartian bone remains from Erebuni, Armenia (2003--2007 excavations): possible use of bones for the manufacture of paint |
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PART 3 EXAMPLES OF ANIMAL EXPLOITATION ON URBAN SITES DURING THE BRONZE AGE |
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11 Animal exploitation from the Bronze Age to the Early Islamic period in Haftavan Tepe (Western Azerbaijan-Iran) |
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12 Animal exploitation in the Upper Tigris river valley during the Middle Bronze Age: a first assessment from Hirbemerdon Tepe |
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13 Animal exploitation at Tell Bderi (Syria) during the Early Bronze period |
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14 Exploitation of fauna at Ras Shamra: case study of the `Maison aux Albatres', Late Bronze Age, northern Levant |
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15 How large a sheep, how big a sample? |
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16 New thoughts on the role of the Middle Khabur (Syria) in the urbanisation of northern Mesopotamia during the Early Bronze Age |
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PART 4 PASTORALISM, NOMADISM AND MOBILITY |
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17 Fish and mammal bones in the Abu Dhabi desert: evidence for Bedouin diet during the pre-oil era |
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18 Nomads, horses and mobility: an assessment of geographic origins of Iron Age horses found at Tsengel Khairkhan and Baga Turgen Gol (Mongolian Altai) based on oxygen isotope compositions of tooth enamel |
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19 Zooarchaeological evidence for pastoralism in the Early Transcaucasian Culture |
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PART 5 EXPLOITATION OF ANIMALS IN THE ARABIAN PENINSULA |
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20 New data on domestic and wild camels (Camelus dromedarius and Camelus sp.) in Sabaean and Minaean Yemen |
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21 The Iron Age site of Muweilah (Sharjah, UAE) and the problems of dromedary domestication |
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22 Fish exploitation at Qal'at Al-Bahrain from the Early Dilmun period (3rd millennium BC) to the Middle Islamic period (13--16th centuries AD): preliminary results |
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23 Evidence for deep-sea fishing and cultural identity during the Neolithic period at Akab Island, Umm al-Qaiwain, United Arab Emirates |
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PART 6 RITUALS AND ANIMAL DEPOSITS |
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24 Elite equids 2: seeing the dead |
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25 An unusual cattle burial at Dayr al-Barsha (Late Period, Middle Egypt) |
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26 The Opet Temple courtyard excavations: a new zooarchaeological study for Karnak (Luxor, Egypt) |
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27 More animal burials from the Predynastic elite cemetery of Hierakonpolis (Upper Egypt): the 2008 season |
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PART 7 ANIMAL EXPLOITATION DURING ANTIQUITY |
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28 Animal exploitation during the Classical/Hellenistic period at Tepe Diizen (SW Turkey): preliminary results |
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29 Une accumulation d'equidcs a Berytus: approche taxinomique et taphonomique |
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30 The animal bone remains from Mar Nicola, a Byzantine-Islamic site at Beit Jala, Palestine |
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31 Faunal analysis of the Castle of Aqaba (Jordan): preliminary results |
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