Residue analysis of pottery fragments revealed traces of maple sugar, too!
Tell me, do we now qualify our results by nationality or ethnicity?
Greg Monks
Professor and Head
Department of Anthropology
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
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> On Jan 29, 2016, at 11:46 PM, Burke Ariane <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Ethnic stereotyping on zooarch - tabernacle!
> Did they also uncover hockey sticks?
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> Dr. Ariane Burke, Professeure Titulaire,
> Directrice scientifique, Laboratoire d'Ecomorphologie et de Paleoanthropologie
> Universite de Montreal, Departement d'Anthropologie,
> C.P. 6128, Centre-Ville,
> Montreal, QC,
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> Laboratoire d'archeologie prehistorique
> Institut J.-A. Forel, Sciences de la Terre,
> Universite de Geneve
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> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Zeder, Melinda [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: January 29, 2016 4:15 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Castor fiber
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> Hi Susanne,
>
> Beaver are quite well represented at a number of sites I've working on the the Near East - especially Epiplaleolithic Hallan Çemi in southeastern Anatolia. I also have beaver from a third millennium context in the Khabur Basin of Syria - of course the site was excavagted by French Canadians....
>
> Mindy
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> Melinda A. Zeder
> Senior Scientist, Program in Human Ecology and Archaeobiology
> Curator, Old World Archaeology
> Department of Anthropology
> National Museum of Natural History
> Smithsonian Institution
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> From: Analysis of animal remains from archaeological sites [[log in to unmask]] on behalf of Susanne C. Münzel [[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, January 29, 2016 3:40 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Castor fiber
>
> Dear Zooarchers,
> I just wonder about the evidence of beaver in Near Eastern context.......I thought it is a typical European species, since it needs water and trees .........I just work with beaver in Mesolithic South-German context...........but unfortunately the remains are not measurable.........
> Best Susanne
>
> Dr. Susanne C. Münzel
> Universität Tübingen
> Naturwissenschaftliche Archäologie
> - Arbeitsbereich Archäozoologie -
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> Am 28.01.2016 um 18:26 schrieb Jill Weber:
> UPDATE:
>
> Becker has a few measurements in:
> Becker, C. 2005 “Small numbers, large potential - new prehistoric finds of elephant and beaver from the Khabur river/Syria” MUNIBE Antropologia-Arkeologia 57: 445-56
> still searching for more!
>
> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 11:35 AM, Jill Weber <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> Hi All -
>
> Does anyone have/know of a source for beaver-bone measurements? Particularly from turkey or syria? or close?
>
> Thanks!
>
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> Jill Weber, Phd
> Consulting Scholar, Near East Section
> The University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
> Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
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> Jill Weber, Phd
> Consulting Scholar, Near East Section
> The University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
> Philadelphia, PA 19103 USA
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