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TWO ANNOTATED CHARTS OF THE STATE OF ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN ANATOLIA, 10,000-5000 cal BC

Hijlke BUITENHUIS
Centrum voor Archeologische, Research and Consultancy, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Poststraat 6, 9712 ER Groningen, NL.
h.buitenhuis@arcbv.nl                                                                                          

CANeW Archaeozoological chart, state of research Central Anatolia:
10,000 - 5000 cal BC

CANeW Archaeozoological chart, state of research Southwest and Aegean Anatolia,
Northwest Anatolia: 10,000 - 5000 cal BC

Comments
The charts show the excavated and 14C dated sites in Central and Western Anatolia and the state of their archaeozoological research. The tables have been taken from the CANeW website. The 'state of research' simply represents an indication of the available published research and is not an evaluation of that research. As has been stated several times, the actual detailed knowledge of the faunal exploitation in Central Anatolia is very limited. Although much work has been undertaken in the past decade, detailed knowledge of many sites is still not published. Of the earlier excavations in Central Anatolia it has become patently clear that the analyses of the faunal remains from Catalhöyük East and Hacilar are fundamentally flawed, and should not be used. Only the site of Suberde has been studied and published in some detail. Of the more recent excavations only the material of Asikli is available in some detail, although not yet fully published. The same is true also for the recent excavations of Catalhöyük. Other sites which are now studied in detail and from which detailed reports can be expected in the near future are: Pinarbasi A and B, Catalhöyük East and possibly Erbaba. Detailed reports that can also be expected in the near future are Catalhöyük West and Tepecik-Çiftlik. Further to the west data from the sites of Höyücek, Hoca Çesme and Ilipinar will be available in the near future. Therefore, in terms of published details only Asikli Höyük and Suberde are available. The material from the latter needs to be re-examined in light of the new ideas developing about the neolithisation of Central Anatolia.