Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.

This study presents the results of a major data integration project bringing together primary archaeozoological data for over 200,000 faunal specimens excavated from seventeen sites in Turkey spanning the Epipaleolithic through Chalcolithic periods, c. 18,000-4,000 cal BC, in order to document the i...

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Main Authors: Benjamin S Arbuckle, Sarah Whitcher Kansa, Eric Kansa, David Orton, Canan Çakırlar, Lionel Gourichon, Levent Atici, Alfred Galik, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Jacqui Mulville, Hijlke Buitenhuis, Denise Carruthers, Bea De Cupere, Arzu Demirergi, Sheelagh Frame, Daniel Helmer, Louise Martin, Joris Peters, Nadja Pöllath, Kamilla Pawłowska, Nerissa Russell, Katheryn Twiss, Doris Würtenberger
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Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099845
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author Benjamin S Arbuckle
Sarah Whitcher Kansa
Eric Kansa
David Orton
Canan Çakırlar
Lionel Gourichon
Levent Atici
Alfred Galik
Arkadiusz Marciniak
Jacqui Mulville
Hijlke Buitenhuis
Denise Carruthers
Bea De Cupere
Arzu Demirergi
Sheelagh Frame
Daniel Helmer
Louise Martin
Joris Peters
Nadja Pöllath
Kamilla Pawłowska
Nerissa Russell
Katheryn Twiss
Doris Würtenberger
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Sarah Whitcher Kansa
Eric Kansa
David Orton
Canan Çakırlar
Lionel Gourichon
Levent Atici
Alfred Galik
Arkadiusz Marciniak
Jacqui Mulville
Hijlke Buitenhuis
Denise Carruthers
Bea De Cupere
Arzu Demirergi
Sheelagh Frame
Daniel Helmer
Louise Martin
Joris Peters
Nadja Pöllath
Kamilla Pawłowska
Nerissa Russell
Katheryn Twiss
Doris Würtenberger
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description This study presents the results of a major data integration project bringing together primary archaeozoological data for over 200,000 faunal specimens excavated from seventeen sites in Turkey spanning the Epipaleolithic through Chalcolithic periods, c. 18,000-4,000 cal BC, in order to document the initial westward spread of domestic livestock across Neolithic central and western Turkey. From these shared datasets we demonstrate that the westward expansion of Neolithic subsistence technologies combined multiple routes and pulses but did not involve a set 'package' comprising all four livestock species including sheep, goat, cattle and pig. Instead, Neolithic animal economies in the study regions are shown to be more diverse than deduced previously using quantitatively more limited datasets. Moreover, during the transition to agro-pastoral economies interactions between domestic stock and local wild fauna continued. Through publication of datasets with Open Context (opencontext.org), this project emphasizes the benefits of data sharing and web-based dissemination of large primary data sets for exploring major questions in archaeology (Alternative Language Abstract S1).
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spelling doaj-art-e825f4d0cbd348b1910065182495ea772025-08-20T03:46:43ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032014-01-0196e9984510.1371/journal.pone.0099845Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.Benjamin S ArbuckleSarah Whitcher KansaEric KansaDavid OrtonCanan ÇakırlarLionel GourichonLevent AticiAlfred GalikArkadiusz MarciniakJacqui MulvilleHijlke BuitenhuisDenise CarruthersBea De CupereArzu DemirergiSheelagh FrameDaniel HelmerLouise MartinJoris PetersNadja PöllathKamilla PawłowskaNerissa RussellKatheryn TwissDoris WürtenbergerThis study presents the results of a major data integration project bringing together primary archaeozoological data for over 200,000 faunal specimens excavated from seventeen sites in Turkey spanning the Epipaleolithic through Chalcolithic periods, c. 18,000-4,000 cal BC, in order to document the initial westward spread of domestic livestock across Neolithic central and western Turkey. From these shared datasets we demonstrate that the westward expansion of Neolithic subsistence technologies combined multiple routes and pulses but did not involve a set 'package' comprising all four livestock species including sheep, goat, cattle and pig. Instead, Neolithic animal economies in the study regions are shown to be more diverse than deduced previously using quantitatively more limited datasets. Moreover, during the transition to agro-pastoral economies interactions between domestic stock and local wild fauna continued. Through publication of datasets with Open Context (opencontext.org), this project emphasizes the benefits of data sharing and web-based dissemination of large primary data sets for exploring major questions in archaeology (Alternative Language Abstract S1).https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099845
spellingShingle Benjamin S Arbuckle
Sarah Whitcher Kansa
Eric Kansa
David Orton
Canan Çakırlar
Lionel Gourichon
Levent Atici
Alfred Galik
Arkadiusz Marciniak
Jacqui Mulville
Hijlke Buitenhuis
Denise Carruthers
Bea De Cupere
Arzu Demirergi
Sheelagh Frame
Daniel Helmer
Louise Martin
Joris Peters
Nadja Pöllath
Kamilla Pawłowska
Nerissa Russell
Katheryn Twiss
Doris Würtenberger
Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.
PLoS ONE
title Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.
title_full Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.
title_fullStr Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.
title_full_unstemmed Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.
title_short Data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across Neolithic Turkey.
title_sort data sharing reveals complexity in the westward spread of domestic animals across neolithic turkey
url https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0099845
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