Finds 454

Main Information

Finds ID	454
Site	Cayönü
Area	ID 178 settlement
Research event	excavation: research The Cayönü Excavations 1964 - 1991
Finds type	animal remains
Small finds category	None
Small finds type
Botany species
Animal remains species	cattle (Bos taurus) game (None) goat (Capra hircus) pig (Sus scrofa domesticus) sheep (Ovis aries) wild boar (Sus scrofa)
Animal remains completeness	None
Animal remains part	unknown
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	5
Comment	Although diet is still dependet mostly on wild game, in the Channeled Building Subphase it is definite that pigs were kept within the settlement; in fact, there is evidence that the process of the domestication of pigs goes back to the beginning of this stage. According to Hongo the pigs are half wild and half domestic. On the basis of morphological analyses, butchering ages, and collagen isotopes, it is asserted that attempts at domesticating sheep, goat, and cattle started in the Channeled Building Subphase.

Bibliography

Reference	Hongo, H., The Process of Ungulate Domestication at Cayönü, Southeastern Turkey. A Multidisciplinary Approach focusing on Bos sp. and Cervus elaphus., None, None Ervynck, A., Born Free? New Evidence for the Status of Sus scrofa at Neolithic Cayönü Tepesi (Southeastern Anatolia, Turkey)., None, None Özdogan, A., Cayönü, None, None Hongo, H., Animal Exploitation at Cayönü Tepesi, Southeastern Anatolia., None, None Hongo, H., Faunal Remains from Prepottery Neolithic Levels at Cayönü, Southeastern Turkey. A Preliminary Report Focusing on Pigs (Sus sp)., None, None

Interpretations related to these Finds

Interpretation	ID 25 ID 27