An Isotopic and Proteomic Investigation of Uruk Period Faunal Remains from Tepe Farukhabad, Iran

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Stability and Resilience in Zooarchaeology" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Located in southwest Iran and occupied since the fourth millennium BCE, Tepe Farukhabad is a prime example of an Early Uruk town. Numerous faunal remains were recovered from excavations in the 1960s, including those from wild animals, such as gazelle and horses, as well as from domesticated sheep, goats, and cows. Interestingly, between the Early/Middle Uruk and Late Uruk periods, there was a marked decrease in the density of wild, hunted animal bones found in comparison to domesticated animal bones; this finding strongly correlates with increased sedentism and reliance on domesticates over hunted animals for subsistence. To offer insight into this transition, this poster will utilize isotopic and proteomic data to contrast the mobility of the fauna from the Early/Middle and Late Uruk periods. Variation in herd management between the two periods will reveal the extent to which the decreased dependence on hunting impacted the stability of the diets of the inhabitants of Tepe Farukhabad. Altogether, this poster will build on our understanding of the introduction and reliance on domesticated animals as a food source in Tepe Farukhabad, a town in the midst of the transition from hunting to herding.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Stability and Resilience in Zooarchaeology   •
• Society for American Archaeology 88th Annual Meeting, Portland, OR (2023)

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Abstract Id(s): 37711.0