Finds 1964
Main Information
| Finds ID | 1964 |
| Site |
Pınarbaşı B |
| Area |
ID 808 cave or rockshelter |
| Research event | |
| Finds type | animal remains |
| Small finds category | None |
| Small finds type | |
| Botany species | |
| Animal remains species |
aurochs (Bos primigenius) bird () goat (Capra hircus) molluscs (None) red fox (Vulpes vulpes) 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 | The animal finds indicate a significance of hunting (aurochs, equids); the animals were probably butchered on site, but components of large mammals were taken away (either to further camp-sites or sedentary villages); bird bones were found, especially from wetland species; domestic sheep remains (from fills within the structure); the many sheep fetuses indicate death and/or killing of pregnant ewes along with dead neonates --> that may suggest resource stress, e.g. fodder shortage or human-related local resource restrictions, or on the other hand plentiful stock; there were also dead sheep neonates, which could represent strategies related to enhancing milk yield for human consumption, but its efficacy is debatable; also bones of 13 to 16 month old sheep were found --> indicates a seasonal signature for February to April; perinatal remains and shed deciduous teeth of lambs suggest that the animals were kept in close proximity to the camp-sites; caprine remains (and remains of young fox and migratory birds) suggest autumn to early spring culling the animal remains suggest that this was a regular camp-site for hunters and herders; |
Bibliography
Interpretations related to these Finds
| Interpretation |
ID 103
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