@article{88298c81dc82455084de1f90447fe0d0,
title = "Reconstructing feast provisioning at Halaf Domuztepe: Evidence from radiogenic strontium analyses",
abstract = "The role of animal economies, and particularly the provisioning of feasts, in supporting the rise and maintenance of social complexity are topics of global interest in anthropology. This study investigates how people chose to provision feasts during the late Neolithic Halaf Period in Northern Mesopotamia (ca. 6000-5300 cal. BCE). Zooarcheological assemblages from the Halaf site of Domuztepe (ca. 6000-5450 cal. BCE), located in southeastern Turkey, offer an opportunity to investigate these phenomena. Radiogenic strontium isotope data derived from teeth from livestock (sheep, goats, cattle, and pigs) recovered from both domestic trash and the refuse from large-scale feasting events provide important proxy evidence for ancient peoples{\textquoteright} provisioning of feasts and their coordination in animal resource production. Results indicate that animals consumed at feasts were drawn from the same herded population that fed inhabitants at the site daily. This has important social implications for feast organizers, whose choices would affect the community beyond the individual feast event.",
keywords = "Animal management, Neolithic period, Strontium isotopes, Turkey",
author = "Hannah Lau and Gordon, {Gwyneth W.} and Knudson, {Kelly J.}",
note = "Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation ( #BCS-1419298 with Elizabeth Carter) and a postdoctoral research fellowship from Ko{\c c} {\"U}niversitesi Anadolu Medeniyetleri Ara{\c s}tırma Merkezi. Our thanks go to Dr. Elizabeth Carter (University of California, Los Angeles) and Dr. Stuart Campbell (University of Manchester) for permission to work on these assemblages and their thoughtful comments on this work, as well as to the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums in Ankara and Ahmet Denizhanoğulları, Director of the Kahramanmara{\c s} Museum for their assistance. We are also very grateful for the laboratory access at the ASU W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry, directed by Drs. Ariel Anbar and Everett Shock. We would also like to thank Dr. Allisen C. Dahlstedt and Dr. Brian N. Damiata for their comments on early versions of this work and Dr. Alan Farahani for his guidance on statistical matters. Any remaining errors are our responsibility. Funding Information: This research was supported by the National Science Foundation (#BCS-1419298 with Elizabeth Carter) and a postdoctoral research fellowship from Ko? ?niversitesi Anadolu Medeniyetleri Ara?t?rma Merkezi. Our thanks go to Dr. Elizabeth Carter (University of California, Los Angeles) and Dr. Stuart Campbell (University of Manchester) for permission to work on these assemblages and their thoughtful comments on this work, as well as to the General Directorate of Cultural Heritage and Museums in Ankara and Ahmet Denizhano?ullar?, Director of the Kahramanmara? Museum for their assistance. We are also very grateful for the laboratory access at the ASU W.M. Keck Foundation Laboratory for Environmental Biogeochemistry, directed by Drs. Ariel Anbar and Everett Shock. We would also like to thank Dr. Allisen C. Dahlstedt and Dr. Brian N. Damiata for their comments on early versions of this work and Dr. Alan Farahani for his guidance on statistical matters. Any remaining errors are our responsibility. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Elsevier Ltd",
year = "2021",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2021.105408",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "131",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
issn = "0305-4403",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
}