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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