From Food and Fuel to Farms and Flocks: The Integration of Plant and Animal Remains in the Study of the Agropastoral Economy at Gordion, Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorMiller, Naomi F
dc.contributor.authorZeder, Melinda A
dc.contributor.authorArter, Susan R
dc.date2023-05-17T13:18:53.000
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dc.date.available2023-05-23T00:18:53Z
dc.date.issued2009-12-01
dc.date.submitted2016-04-01T12:48:15-07:00
dc.description.abstractThe site of Gordion, Turkey, provides a case study of the integrated use of archaeobiological data. Associations between botanical and faunal remains suggest a continuum of land‐use practices. At one end, high ratios of the seeds of wild plants versus cultivated cereal grains (calculated as count/weight) and high proportions of the bones of sheep, goat, and deer are signatures of a subsistence economy focused on pastoral production. At the other, low wild/cereal ratios along with high proportions of the bones of cattle, pig, and hare indicate an economy more focused on agriculture. Based on the millennium‐long sequence analyzed, the most sustainable land use around the ancient settlement emphasized pastoral production; only during the wealthy Middle Phrygian period did high population support greater reliance on agriculture.
dc.description.commentsPublished by: The University of Chicago Press on behalf of Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research
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dc.legacy.articleid1009
dc.legacy.fields10.1086/606035
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dc.rights© 2009 by The Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research. All rights reserved.
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dc.source.issue41
dc.source.issue6
dc.source.journalUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Papers
dc.source.journaltitleCurrent Anthropology
dc.source.peerreviewedtrue
dc.source.statuspublished
dc.source.volume50
dc.subject.otherGordion
dc.subject.otherbotanical
dc.subject.otheragriculture
dc.subject.otherArchaeological Anthropology
dc.subject.otherBiological and Physical Anthropology
dc.titleFrom Food and Fuel to Farms and Flocks: The Integration of Plant and Animal Remains in the Study of the Agropastoral Economy at Gordion, Turkey
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