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

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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

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