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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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.........
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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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