Finds 1889

Main Information

Finds ID	1889
Site	Musular
Area	ID 787 undefined
Research event	excavation: research field walking survey: systematic trial trench Musular Excavation 1996 - 2004
Finds type	animal remains
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species	aurochs (Bos primigenius) cattle (Bos taurus) dog (Canis familiaris) fallow deer (Dama dama) goat (Capra hircus) hare (Lepus timidus) hare (Lepus europaeus) horse (Equus caballus) red deer (Cervus elaphus) red fox (Vulpes vulpes) sheep (Ovis aries) sheep/goat (Ovis/Capra) tortoise () wild boar (Sus scrofa) wolf (Canis lupus)
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part	extremity
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	Huge quantities of animal bones: the natural hollow in the bedrock (south of the built-channel) was used as dump or midden. Also in Space AD, animal bones were predominated (as leftovers from certain activities) In fill AD, cattle dominated (57%), then 39,1% sheep and goat, also other animals like horse/ass, fallow deer, red deer, boar, dog/wolf; other species in minimal amounts: tortoise, fox, hare, rodents; the cattle can be classified into three sizes (small, medium, very large), the very large ones dominated, eg. Bos primigenius (wild aurochs). Almost all of the hunted animals were more than one year old, 50 % were older than three or four years. --> generally, the adult population was hunted and slaughtered; In structure AC also were a lot of animal bones, a few of them articulated (legs of hunted animals that were cut and thrown here) predominance of cattle--> special significance of this species (at least for the dump area/midden and related architectural remains)

Bibliography

Reference	Özdoğan, Mehmet, The Neolithic in Turkey. New Excavations & New Research. Central Turkey, None, None Duru, G. - Özbaşaran, M., , A Non-Domestic Site in Central Anatolia, 2005, None, None Özbaşaran, M. - Duru, G. - Kayacan, N. - Erdoğu, B. - Buitenhuis, H., , Musular. The 8th Millennium cal. BC Satellite Site of Aşıklı; Istanbul 2012, None, None Buitenhuis, H., Musular: The First Results of the Analysis of the Faunal Remains (unpublished field report), 2001, None, None

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 101