Important Dates
Scientific programs: 28 November–2 December, 2022
Post-conference: 3-4 December, 2022
Abstracts
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Timetable
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Day 1, November 28th (Mon) 10:20-16:50
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9:30- |
Registration open |
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10:20-10:30 |
Opening remarks |
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10:30-12:30 |
Keynote lectures |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch break |
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14:00-16:50 18:00-20:00 |
Session 1: Anatolia (Coffee break 15:00-15:30) Welcome reception |
Day 2, November 29th (Tue) 10:00-16:50
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10:00-12:30 |
Session 2: Caucasus, Indus, Iran (Coffee break 11:00-11:30) |
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12:30-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-16:50 |
Session 3: Levant 1 (Coffee break 15:20-15:50) |
Day 3, November 30th (Wed) 9:30-12:10
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9:30-11:40 |
Session 4: Levant 2 (Coffee break 10:10-10:40) |
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11:40-12:10 |
Poster session |
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12:10-17:00 19:00-21:00 |
Lunch & visit to museums Conference dinner (optional) |
Day 4, December 1st (Thu) 9:30-16:40
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9:30-12:00 |
Session 5: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mediterranean (Coffee break 10:30-11:00) |
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12:00-13:30 |
Lunch |
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13:30-16:40 |
Session 6: Domestication (Coffee break 14:50-15:20) |
Day 5, December 2nd (Fri) 9:30-16:30
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9:30-12:20 |
Session 7: Central & East Asia (Coffee break 10:30-11:00) |
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12:20-14:00 |
Lunch |
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14:00-15:20 |
Session 8: Levant 3 & methodology |
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15:20-15:50 |
Coffee break |
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15:50-16:20 |
General meeting |
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16:20-16:30 |
Closing remarks |
Program
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November 28th (Mon) |
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Opening remarks 10:20-10:30 |
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Keynote lectures 10:30-12:30 |
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L-1 |
Nishiaki, Yoshihiro |
Archaeological projects in Southwest Asia by Tokyo University |
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L-2 |
Miyake, Yutaka |
Archaeological projects in Southwest Asia by Tsukuba University |
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L-3 |
Crabtree, Pam & Campana, Douglas |
Medieval Archaeology in Southwest Asia: Looking Beyond the Crusaders |
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<<Lunch>> 12:30-14:00 |
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Session 1: Anatolia |
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Chair: Miyake, Yutaka 14:00-15:00 |
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O-1 |
Emra, Stephanie Frances |
Subsistence strategies, transport decisions, and food preparation at PPNA Körtiktepe and other PPN communities, Southeastern Turkey |
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O-2 |
Pöllath, Nadja |
The inhabitants of Gusir Höyük (SE Anatolia) and their subsistence strategies – the odd one out? |
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O-3 |
Silibolatlaz, Derya |
Human-Animal Relations at PPN Site of the Gre Fılla SE, Turkiye |
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<<Coffee break>> 15:00-15:30 |
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Chair: Peters, Joris 15:30-16:50 |
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O-4 |
Sarıtaş, Özlem |
Zooarchaeological Evidence for Human-Animal Interactions at Neolithic Boncuklu Hoyuk, Central Anatolia: a focus on Sus scrofa. |
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O-5 |
İlgezdi Bertram, Gülçin |
Animal Exploitation in the Neolithic Period in Inner-Western Anatolia: The Evidence of Ekşi Höyük (Denizli, Türkiye) |
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O-6 |
Itahashi, Yu |
Pig Managements in the Neolithic Anatolia Clarified with Isotope Analyses |
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O-7 |
Curci, Antonio |
A giraffe bone from the Neo-Assyrian palace compound at Karkemish? A controversial osteological determination shedding light on influences and connections between Assyria and Egypt during the Iron Age III |
Welcome reception 18:00-20:00November 29th (Tue) |
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Session 2: Caucasus, Indus, Iran |
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Chair: Crabtree, Pam 10:00-11:00 |
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O-8 |
Vautrin, Adeline |
Relations between lowland and mountain environments by agro-pastoral societies in the South Caucasus from the Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age |
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O-9 |
Zarikian, Noushig |
The zoography of “Dragon stones”, prehistoric stelae in the Armenian Highland |
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O-10 |
Deshpande-Mukherjee, Arati |
Preliminary insights into the Faunal economy at the urban Harappan metropolis of Rakhigarhi in Northern India. |
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<<Coffee break>> 11:00-11:30 |
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*Only first authors are indicated.
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Chair: Hongo, Hitomi 11:30-12:30 |
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O-11 |
Amiribeirami, Sarieh |
The Pleistocene Biodiversity of the Zagros Mountains: Carnivores of the Chenar Cave (Kermanshah- Iran). |
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O-12 |
Vaiglova, Petra |
Seasonality, hunting patterns and life histories of ritual wild boars from Early Neolithic Asiab |
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O-13 |
Casanova, Emmanuelle |
Exploitation of primary and secondary products of domesticated caprines for human subsistence during the Iranian Neolithic |
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<<Lunch>> 12:30-14:00 |
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Session 3: Levant 1 |
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Chair: Belmaker, Miriam 14:00-15:20 |
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O-14 |
Lebenzon, Roxanne |
Body size and shape variability in a collection of modern gazelle (Gazella gazella) skeletons and its archaeological implications |
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O-15 |
Bar-Yosef, Daniella |
Shell beads of the Middle Palaeolithic: Misliya and Qafzeh as case studies |
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O-16 |
Yeshurun, Reuven |
Nesher Ramla Unit III (Israel): An aurochs mass hunting site? |
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O-17 |
Bar-Oz, Guy |
Faunal turnover during the Pleistocene in the southern Levant |
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<<Coffee break>> 15:20-15:50 |
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Chair: Bar-Oz, Guy 15:50-16:50 |
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O-18 |
Rabinovich, Rivka |
The role of archaeozoology in deciphering processes of accumulation in karstic pits in the Mediterranean – The case of Neta Pit |
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O-19 |
Munro, Natalie |
The Emergence of Agriculture in the Jordan Valley: A view from Late Natufian Nahal Ein Gev II |
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O-20 |
Hirose, Masato |
Epipaleolithic faunal exploitations in the arid southern Levant: faunal remains from the Mushabian layers of Tor Hamar, southern Jordan |
November 30th (Wed) |
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Session 4: Levant 2 |
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Chair: Munro, Natalie 9:30-10:10 |
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O-21 |
Sierra, Alejandro |
Hunting in the desert: animal exploitation at Nahal Efe (northern Negev) during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B |
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O-22 |
Martin, Louise |
New insights into Late Neolithic herding in the Jordanian harra: zooarchaeological results from Wisad Pools and Wadi al-Qattafi |
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<<Coffee break>> 10:10-10:40 |
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Chair: Chahoud, Jwana 10:40-11:40 |
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O-23 |
Greenfield, Haskel |
The origins of metallurgy at Jericho (Tel es-Sultan): an updated analysis on distinguishing stone from metal butchering marks on the mammalian remains |
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O-24 |
Paxinos, Ptolemaios |
So many astragaloi, so little time: Late Bronze Age Kamid el-Loz and astragaloi use in the Eastern Mediterranean |
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O-25 |
Belmaker, Miriam |
Abandonment and destruction in Tel Hazor, Israel: the small mammal evidence |
Poster session: 11:40-12:10 |
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Lunch & visit to museums 12:10-17:00Conference dinner (optional) 19:00-21:00 |
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*Only first authors are indicated.
December 1st (Thu) |
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Session 5: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Mediterranean |
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Chair: Vila, Emmanuelle 9:30-10:30 |
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O-26 |
Greenfield, Tina |
Religion and Ritual: The cult of sacrifice in ancient Mesopotamia |
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O-27 |
Trantalidou, Katerina |
Hunting and rituals of adulthood on mountain Dikte in Crete through the animal remains |
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O-28 |
Grossman, Kathryn |
Human-animal-divine relationships in Iron Age Cyprus: a social zooarchaeology of sacrifice |
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<<Coffee break>> 10:30-11:00 |
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Chair: Trantalidou, Katerina 11:00-12:00 |
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O-29 |
Van Neer, Wim |
Osteological study of cat mummies from the Ancient Egyptian cemetery of Beni Hassan |
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O-30 |
De Cupere, Bea |
Crocodiles in an undisturbed tomb at Qubbet al-Hawa (Aswan, Egypt) |
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O-31 |
Shimizu, Marina |
Crocodile Worship in Middle Egypt in Greco-Roman Period |
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<<Lunch>> 12:00-13:30 |
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Session 6 Domestication |
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Chair: Pöllath, Nadja 13:30-14:50 |
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O-32 |
Alcàntara Fors, Roger |
For a fistful of bacon. An integrated approach to pig domestication and management practices at Tell Halula (Syria, c. 7800-6700 cal BC) through geometric morphometrics, Linear enamel hypoplasia and dental microwear |
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O-33 |
Jiménez-Manchón, Sergio |
Palaeodiet reconstruction as a marker of the early domestication process of Capra in the southern Levant. The contribution of dental microwear texture analysis |
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O-34 |
Ripoll Miralda, Joaquim |
New insights on sheep management at tell Halula site (Syria): a multi analysis on animal cortical bone |
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O-35 |
Gourichon, Lionel |
Animal resource exploitation during the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A and B in northern Jordan: preliminary faunal data from Kharaysin (Zarqa) |
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<<Coffee break>> 14:50-15:20 |
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Chair: Saña Segui, Maria 15:20-16:40 |
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O-36 |
Vigne, Jean-Denis |
The extinct small Cypriot wild boar (Sus scrofa circeus) was locally domesticated during the Middle PPNB |
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O-37 |
Mashkour, Marjan |
What news about goats. Archaezoology of Tepe Abdul Hose in, one of the earliest Neolithic settlements of Iran. |
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O-38 |
Frantz, Laurent |
Zooarchaeological and paleogenomic evidence for long term reproductive isolation between wild and domestic cats |
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O-39 |
Peters, Joris |
New insights into the early cultural history of the domestic chicken |
December 2nd (Fri) |
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Session 7 Central & East Asia |
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Chair: Vigne, Jean-Denis 9:30-10:30 |
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O-40 |
Arai, Saiji |
Early dispersal of domestic ungulates into the Central Asian mountain region: a view from Southern Uzbekistan. |
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O-41 |
Decruyenaere, Delphine |
From Bukhara to Samarkand along the Silk Road. Preliminary archaeozoological results of Iskijkat and Mingtepa during the Early Medieval Period |
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O-42 |
Uetsuki, Manabu |
From trade center to pastoralist settlement: Change in animal resource use at Ak-Beshim, Kyrgyz Republic |
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<<Coffee break>> 10:30-11:00 |
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Chair: Uetsuki, Manabu 11:00-12:20 |
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O-43 |
Goren, Yuval |
Ceramic Production and the Transition to Domestication in Northeast China |
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O-44 |
Yu, Chong |
Pastoralist strategies of the Late Bronze Age in the Tianshan Mountains, Xinjiang, China |
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O-45 |
Kikuchi, Hiroki |
Camels on the early eastern Silk Road |
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O-46 |
Dong, Ningning |
Life on the edge: Animal exploitation at the Shichengzi military fort (Xinjiang, China) |
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<<Lunch>> 12:20-14:00 |
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Session 8 Levant 3 & methods |
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Chair: Mashkour, Marjan 14:00-15:20 |
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O-47 |
Abreu De Sousa, Eléuterio |
A zooarchaeological synopsis of the fauna from Jerusalem’s Mt. Zion during the Byzantine and Islamic periods. |
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O-48 |
Kahila Bar-Gal, Gila |
Equids from the medieval period in the Holy Land: breeds, health and utilization |
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O-49 |
Vila, Emmanuelle |
Investigating the Morphometric Characteristics of Modern Sheep Breeds from Southwest Asia and East Africa |
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O-50 |
Vuillien, Manon |
Tracking the first sheep breed in Southwest Asia: a 3D morphometric geometrics investigation on astragalus (EVOSHEEP project) |
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<<Coffee break>> 15:20-15:50 |
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General meeting 15:50-16:20 |
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Closing remarks 16:20-16:30 |
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Posters |
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P-1 |
Kazunobu, Ikeya |
Ethno-archaeological approach to water sources and bird hunting near Paleolithic sites in the Jebel Qalkha area, southern Jordan |
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P-2 |
Beller, Jeremy |
Diachronic developments in animal butchering technologies at Tell Afek, Israel: A zooarchaeological perspective from the Early Bronze Age to Ottoman periods |
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P-3 |
Askarpour, Vahid |
Ritual and sacrifice: zooarchaeological analysis of the faunal remains from an Iron Age I temple at Beth Shemesh, Israel |
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P-4 |
Akashi, Chie |
Livestock management using information from archaeobotanical remains |
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P-5 |
Kitagawa, Chiori |
Use of horses in Piramesse, New Kingdom Egypt |
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P-6 |
Morand, Nicolas |
Food patterns in the Western margin of the Nile Delta: first results of archaeozoological research |
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P-7 |
Toizumi, Takeji |
Subsistence and paleoenvironment at Ra’s Jibsh, Oman |
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P-8 |
Rivière, Julie |
Animal deposits in the tombs of the Khor Jarama necropolis (Oman - 3500-2900 cal. BC) |
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P-9 |
Manca, Laura |
Bone and shells. Artisanal exploitation of hard animal materials in the Iranian-Pakistani region during the Neolithic period. |
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P-10 |
Khazaeli, Roya |
Agro-pastoralism in the Urban Landscape of Nishapur (Khorasan, NE Iran) from the 3rd up to the 13th century CE |
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P-11 |
Mohaseb, Fatemeh |
Identifying Equids from archaeological sites in the Middle East using the shape criteria of the cheek teeth and metapodials from Eurasian modern reference collection |
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P-12 |
Tsumura, Hiroomi |
Mathematical models and simulations for evaluating diversity in domestication processes |
*Only first authors are indicated.