Microfauna (Other Keyword)
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This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. During the Late Glacial (~18-11.6 k cal yr BP), Magdalenian peoples recolonized southwest Germany, which was uninhabited during the Last Glacial Maximum (~27.2-23.5 k cal yr BP). Past research has generally characterized the landscape in this region as tundra or steppe during this time but making smaller-scale interpretations can be difficult due to the nature...
Investigations of a microfaunal assemblage: Emergence of pest-host relationships at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey (2015)
Small vertebrate remains are often ubiquitous in archaeological contexts, with rodent and microvertebrate activity recognized as a common source of disturbance. On the other hand, small vertebrates can have great significance for archaeological interpretation because they provide key evidence, directly or indirectly, on human subsistence and settlement behaviors, such as food storage, sedentism, seasonality, and site abandonment. This poster presents the results of a preliminary analysis of the...
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse: Emergence of Pest-Host and Commensal Relationships at Aşıklı Höyük, Turkey (2016)
The objective of this poster is to present an overview of the emergence of pest-host and commensal relationships that emerged between humans and microfaunal species over the course of approximately 1,500 years at the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük. My research is focused on the investigation of the frequency and taphonomic contexts of microfaunal remains in a formative village setting. Co-evolution between humans and plants and animals occurred as feedback systems developed because...