Finds 1652

Main Information

Finds ID	1652
Site	Mersin-Yumuktepe
Area	ID 659 settlement
Research event
Finds type	animal remains
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species	cattle (Bos taurus) fish (None) goat (Capra hircus) pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) sheep (Ovis aries)
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part
Lithics technology
Lithics industry
Lithics cores and preparation
Lithics retouched tools
Lithics unretouched tools
Lithics raw material
Obsidian	None
Obsidian amount	None
Pottery form
Pottery detail
Pottery decoration
Pottery type	None
Amount
Material
Confidence	None
Comment	mostly cattle and caprovines, lesser pig; much more goat than sheep, because the goat hair was woven into blankets or rugs. Caprovines and cattle were killed as adult animals, whereas suids were killed young, which indicates that pigs were held for meat, cattle and caprovines also for milk and wool. There were only few fish bones; other than that there was no hunting

Bibliography

Reference	Özdoğan, Mehmet, The Neolithic in Turkey. New Excavations & New Research. Central Turkey, None, None Caneva, I., Mersin-Yumuktepe in the Seventh Millennium BC: an updated view, 2012, None, None Buitenhuis, H. - Caneva, I., , Early Animal Breeding in South-Eastern Anatolia: Mersin-Yumuktepe, Budapest 1998, None, None Minniti, C., Animal exploitation at Yumuktepe, Venice 2008, None, None

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 85