More information:
Ritual rodents: the guinea pigs of Chincha, Peru /
Sandweiss, Daniel H.; Wing, Elizabeth S. Source: Journal of Field
Archaeology {Boston}v. 24, no. 1, 1997. pp. 47-58.
Danny
On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:36 PM, Zeder, Melinda wrote:
> Ok Zooarchers - You've been so helpful on the topic of draught/
> draft cattle. Here's another question.
>
> Can anyone give me some references to publications that address the
> topic of domestication of
>
> 1. guinea pigs
>
> 2. yaks
>
> I will be forever grateful and am eternally amazed at the breadth
> of knowledge of this group.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sarah Whitcher Kansa [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Wed 12/17/2008 1:49 PM
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> Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Draught Animals
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> And from the southern Levant, one of the earliest bits of evidence is
> from the Chalcolithic at Ein Gedi. Ussishkin (1980) describes a
> ceramic
> bull with a churn on its back, suggesting links between both cattle
> and
> milking and cattle and labor.
>
> Ussishkin, E. 1980. The Ghassulian Shrine at Ein Gedi. Tel Aviv 7:
> 1-44.
>
> Sarah
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> Zeder, Melinda wrote:
>> Can anyone give me a reference for the earliest evidence of the
>> use of domestic animals as draught animals - either archaeological
>> or pictoral?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Melinda Zeder
>>
>>
>>
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