Structured deposition of animal remains in the fertile crescent during the bronze age / / José Luis Ramos Soldado

• Autore: Ramos Soldado José Luis
• Pubblicazione: Oxford, England : , : Archaeopress Publishing Limited, , [2016]; ©2016
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (68 pages)
• Disciplina: 930.1
• Soggetto topico: Bronze age; Animal remains (Archaeology) - Middle East
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Antiquities
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Copyright Information -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- _GoBack -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Historical and archaeological context -- Table 1. Chronology of the Bronze Age for the Ancient Near East. -- Table 2. Chronology of the Bronze Age for Mesopotamia (after Cryer, 1995). -- 3. Structured deposition of animal remains in the Fertile Crescent during the III Millennium BC -- 3. 1. Structured deposition of animal remains in Syria during the III Millennium BC -- 3. 1. 1. Tell Beydar -- 3. 1. 2. Umm el-Marra -- Equids -- Bovids -- Dogs -- Pigs -- 3. 1. 3. Tell Halawa -- Equids -- Ovicaprines -- 3. 1. 4. Tell Banat -- 3. 1. 5. Abu Hamad -- 3. 1. 6. Tall Bi'a -- 3. 1. 7. Nagar (Tell Brak) -- Equids -- Dogs -- Fish -- 3. 2. Structured deposition of animal remains in Mesopotamia during the III Millennium BC -- 3. 2. 1. al-'Usiyah -- 3. 2. 2. Tell Madhhur -- 3. 2. 3. Uch Tepe (Tell Razuk) -- 3. 2. 4. Tell Abu Qasim -- 3. 2. 5. Kish -- 3. 2. 6. Abu Salabikh -- Equids -- Ovicaprines -- 3. 2. 7. Nippur -- Equids -- Ovicaprines -- 3. 2. 8. Lagash (Tell al-Hiba) -- 3. 2. 9. Ur -- 3. 2. 10. Additional information about other sites -- Fig. 1. Map showing some of the sites discussed in section 3. 1. (Author). -- Fig. 2. Illustration of demoiselle crane anthropoids virgo (after Van Neer, 2000). -- Fig. 3. Articulated equid skeletons found in Installation G, Upper Layer (after Weber, 2012). -- Fig. 4. Section of three main levels of occupation in the public sector at Tell Banat that includes the location of the foundation deposit behind Building 6 (after Porter, 2002b). -- Fig. 5. Skeletons of donkeys 4 (up) and 5 (down) in the original situation they were found at the site (Clutton-Brock, 2001). -- (after Clutton-Brock, 2001). ; Fig. 6. The skeleton of the dog as it was found at Tell Brak (Clutton-Brock, 2001). -- Table. 3. Age, sex, position and orientation of the donkey skeletons found at Tell Brak -- Fig. 7 Yellow-fin black porgy. -- Fig. 8. The seabream skeleton from Tell Brak (Roselló Izquierdo & -- Morales Múñiz, 2001). -- Fig. 9. Location of some of the sites discussed in this section (Author). -- Fig. 10. Tell Madhhur tomb in Trench 5G (after Killick and Roaf, 1979). -- Fig. 11. Burial 12 at Tell Razuk (after Zarins, 1986). -- Fig. 12. A reconstruction of Burial II (after Zarins 1986). -- Fig. 13. Articulated equid skeleton found in ash-tip at Abu Salabikh (after Postgate, 1986). -- Fig. 14. Equids found at Grave 162 (after Postgate, 1986). -- Fig. 15 Plan of Grave 162 showing the five equids in what have been considered their original position (after Postgate, 1983). -- Fig. 16. Plan of Burial 14, Level XIIIB Chamber (after McMahon, 2006). -- Fig. 17. Equid skeleton at Burial 14 (after McMahon, 2006). -- Fig. 18. Ovicaprine skeletons located next to skeleton 3 at Burial 14 (after McMahon, 2006). -- Fig. 19. Articulated onager skeleton found at Lagash (Area C) (after Zarins 1986). -- Fig. 20. Plan of PG 789 (after Baadsgaard et al., 2012). -- Fig. 21. Plan of PG 800 (after Baadsgaard et al., 2012). -- 4. Structured deposition of animal remains in the -- Fertile Crescent during the II Millennium BC -- 4. 1. Structured deposition of animal remains in Mesopotamia during the II Millennium BC -- 4. 1. 1. Tell Ababra -- 4. 1. 2. Isin -- 4. 2. Structured deposition of animal remains in Syria during the II Millennium BC -- 4. 2. 1. Umm el-Marra -- 4. 3. Structured deposition of animal remains in the Levant during the II Millennium BC -- 4. 3. 1. Azor -- 4. 3. 2. Sasa -- 4. 3. 3. Tell 'Akko -- 4. 3. 4. Megiddo -- 4. 3. 5. Sidon -- 4. 3. 6. Shechem -- 4. 3. 7. Jericho. ; Equids -- Ovicaprines -- 4. 3. 8. Gezer -- 4. 3. 10. Jebel Qa'aqir -- 4. 3. 11. Tell el-'Ajjul -- 4. 3. 12. Tell Jemmeh -- 4. 3. 13. Tel Haror -- 4. 3. 9. Tell Beth-Shemesh -- 4. 3. 14. Additional information about other sites -- Table. 4. Age ratio of animals found in Shaft 1 (after Schwartz, 2013). -- Fig. 22. Some of the sites discussed in this section (Author). -- Fig. 23. Bovid skeleton found in Tomb 903 at Megiddo (after Guy, 1938). -- (after Doument-Serhal, 2013). -- Fig. 24. Sheep skeleton in Burial 99, Sidon -- Fig. 25. Ovicaprine skeleton found at Shechem in locus 6:18 -- Fig. 26. Equid skeleton found at Shechem (after Campbell, 2002). -- in Room 8 (after Campbell, 2002). -- Fig. 27. Equid skeleton found at Locus 10066 (after Leger & -- Zeder, 1988). -- Fig. 28. Raven skeleton found at loculi 8430/82091 at Tel Haror, associated with the -- mandible of a lamb (after Klenck, 2002). -- Fig. 29. Articulated puppy skeleton found in loculi 8430/82443 at Tel Haror (after Klenck, 2002). -- Fig. 30. Articulated skeleton of a juveline dog associated with the fragmented remains of a -- raven at Tel Haror (after Klenck, 2002). -- 5. Discussion -- 5.1. Classification of the explained evidence -- Animal burials inside human graves -- Animal burials related to human graves -- Animal deposits unrelated to human graves -- Animal remains in non-ritual contexts -- Animals in sacred/ritual contexts -- Foundation deposits -- 5. 2. Analysis and interpretation of taxa -- 5. 2. 1. Equids -- Donkey -- Kúnga -- Mule -- Onager -- 5. 2. 2. Dogs -- 5. 2. 3. Sheeps and goats -- 5. 2. 4. Bovids -- 5. 2. 5. Pigs -- 5. 2. 6. Birds -- 5. 2. 7. Fish -- 5. 3. Ritual and sacrifice in the frame of structured deposition of animal remains -- 5. 4. Conclusions -- (after Littauer & -- Crouwel, 1979). ; Fig. 31. Some kúnga pulling from battle wagons depicted in the Standard of Ur (2600 BC) -- 6. Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Appendix A. -- Number of articulated animal individuals recorded at each site classified by specie, region and period. -- Appendix A. A. Number of articulated animal individuals recorded at each site in Syria in the third millennium BC. -- Appendix A. B. Number of articulated animal individuals recorded at each site in Mesopotamia/Iraq in the third millennium BC. -- Appendix A. C. Number of articulated animal individuals recorded at each site in Mesopotamia/Iraq in the second millennium BC. -- Appendix A. D. Number of articulated animal individuals recorded at each site in the Levant in the second millennium BC. -- Appendix B. -- Identification of equid species classified by site and period. -- Appendinx B. B. Specie identification of equid individuals from sites dated to the second millennium BC. -- Appendix B. A. Specie identification of equid individuals from sites dated to the third millennium BC.
• Sommario/riassunto: The aim of this research is to draw up a literature review of the structured deposits of animal remains during the third and second millennia BC in the Ancient Near East for its subsequent classification and detailed interpretation.
• Titolo autorizzato: Structured deposition of animal remains in the fertile crescent during the bronze age
• ISBN: 1-78491-269-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910794641703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II