Hi Veerle,
I assume you are aware of Sebastian Paynes paper on the herd
structures o sheep and goat in Turkey?:
Payne, Sebastian (1973): Kill-off Patterns in Sheep and Goats: The
Mandibles from Asvan Kale. – Anatolian Studies 23, 281-303
Best
Christian
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Am 28.09.2012 um 11:29 schrieb Veerle Linseele:
> Dear all,
>
> Thank you very much for your replies. I will take a closer look at
> the suggested resources.
>
> I am not sure this will make things much clearer, but what I would
> ultimately like to investigate through ethnographic research is how
> well the faunal assemblages from our archaeological sites reflect
> the (animal) food people actually ate and the animals they
> exploited. An example of the latter aspect could be how the
> composition of the livestock herds really looked like and in how
> far our archaeozoological reconstructions are accurate.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Veerle
>
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