New evidence for fish processing in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: formalised epinephelus butchery in fifth century bc Kinet Höyük, Turkey

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dc.citation.epage16en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.spage3en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber26en_US
dc.contributor.authorÇakırlar, C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorIkram, S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorGates, M. H.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-12T10:58:12Z
dc.date.available2018-04-12T10:58:12Z
dc.date.issued2016en_US
dc.departmentDepartment of Archaeologyen_US
dc.description.abstractArchaeological evidence for fish preparation in the Eastern Mediterranean is scarce. A Late fifth century deposit at Kinet Höyük provides tangible evidence for the systematic butchering of large individuals of Epinephelus (groupers), and possibly of Mugilidae (mullets), and Clarias gariepinus (African catfish). Butchery marks on head and proximal trunk regions of groupers follow a consistent pattern, indicating the processing of large fish heads for, apparently, local redistribution and consumption at the settlement. Although elements of the vertebral column remaining between the atlas and the ultimate vertebra are virtually absent in the assemblage associated with these butchered fish remains, this differential representation of elements does not appear to be an unequivocal reflection of fish processing techniques and subsequent trade. The insufficiency of research on ancient fisheries and fishing in the Eastern Mediterranean poses an obstacle to contextualise this deposit within a general historical and archaeological framework.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/oa.2388en_US
dc.identifier.eissn1099-1212
dc.identifier.issn1047-482X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11693/36949
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherJohn Wiley & Sons Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/oa.2388en_US
dc.source.titleInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeologyen_US
dc.subjectButcheryen_US
dc.subjectEpinephelusen_US
dc.subjectFifth century BCen_US
dc.subjectMediterraneanen_US
dc.subjectTradeen_US
dc.subjectZooarchaeologyen_US
dc.titleNew evidence for fish processing in the Ancient Eastern Mediterranean: formalised epinephelus butchery in fifth century bc Kinet Höyük, Turkeyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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