Finds 2022

Main Information
Finds ID 2022
Site Boncuklu
Area ID 826 settlement
Research event excavation: undetermined field walking survey: undetermined Boncuklu-Project 2006 - 2009
Finds type animal remains
Small finds category None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species aurochs (Bos primigenius)
bird ()
dog (Canis familiaris)
fallow deer (Dama dama)
fish (None)
goat (Capra hircus)
horse (Equus caballus)
pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)
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 horn
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 5001-10000
Material
Confidence None
Comment Animal remains: there were about 10 000 bones from Areas K, H and M, but only 8% (740 bones) were identifiable. also found: amphibians; tortoise ( food? natural deposits? carcasses used as artifacts? only their shell used?); higher numbers of cattle (probably wild bos primigenius) and boar/pig (domestic and wild); sheep/goat in small numbers; red deer or fallow (hunted); canis (large remains,so rather wolf than dog); --> identified animals: 102 cattle, 17 equids (E. caballus, E. hemionus/ hydruntinus), 5 large cervids, 8 fallow deer, 97 boars/pigs, 9 sheep/goats, 12 wolves/dogs, 2 sheep, 2 goats, 8 foxes, 3 hares (lepus capensis); birds and aurochs were hunted; there were less caprines and equids than in Pınarbaşı B, but a greater diversity of hunted species; There was an aurochs horn core found in a midden in Area M;
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