Animals in the Steppe

Description

This research offers a zooarchaeological analysis of the faunal remains found at the north-Syrian site of Tell Sabi Abyad. It deals with a large number of fragments and contains a detailed study of the faunal remains and the subsistence strategies of the Neolithic population, providing a large corpus of data for comparison with other sites. The main aim is to reconstruct the importance of animals within the economy of the late Neolithic-Halafian community, and to see whether the subsistence strategies adopted by that community were the results of a development and transformation within local communities. The focal point is the understanding and reconstruction of the animals’ meaning and importance for the Sabi Abyad community. In other words, which animals were used and how, in relation to the possibilities and constraints of the environmental resources and the technological and cultural level of the community.