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As many requests are made to members of the Zooarch Listserv and only a fraction of people reply-all so that their contribution makes it to the list recipients, could I suggest that particularly those who have requested bibliographic information take the time to collate that information and post it on the Listserv. I have just done that vis-a-vis my request for information on cattle (Bos) exploitation patterns and hope that others will follow suit. This will make the Listserv and its archives a really valuable research tool, even greater than it currently is. It could also cut down on the number of inbox messages that listserv members receive if people who reply to requests feel confident that, by replying only to the requester, their contribution still eventually will be made available to the whole list membership. Thanks, Richard Meadow 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. > > > > Melinda A. Zeder > Director, Archaeobiology Program > National Museum of Natural History > Smithsonian Institution > PO Box 37012 > Washington D.C. 20013-7012 > Office: 202 633-1886 > Lab: 301 238-1024 > Fax: 202 357-2208 > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sarah Whitcher Kansa [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Wed 12/17/2008 1:49 PM > To: Zeder, Melinda > Cc: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] Draught Animals > > 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 > > > 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 >> >> >> >> > >