Small but Varied: The Role of Rural Settlements in the Diversification of Subsistence Practices as Evidenced in the Upper Tigris River Area (Southeastern Turkey) during the Second and First Millennia BCE

摘要: In Anatolia (and the Near East in general) archaeological excavations occur more often large urban centers than rural settlements. Consequently, our understanding of past subsistence practices is mainly based on assemblages from contexts. Solely strategies cannot be used for determining regional trends. The study 17 faunal and settlements located Upper Tigris River area illustrates intra-regional variability its evolution beginning second to middle first millennia BCE, demonstrating that consumers had preferential access sheep goats while producers a diversified stock-breeding strategy exploited relatively cattle pigs.