Introduced Domestic Animals in the Neolithic and Metal Age of the Philippines: Evidence From Nagsabaran, Northern Luzonстатья из журнала
Аннотация: ABSTRACT The faunal remains recovered from the Neolithic and Metal Age Nagsabaran shell midden site in Cagayan, Northern Luzon Philippines were analyzed to gain insights into the arrival of managed animal populations, subsistence patterns, and animal processing during the occupation of the site around 2000 cal BC to within the last 1,500 years. Introduced pigs are present from the earliest recognized phases of settlement, but dogs are only evident from the Late Neolithic/Metal Age onwards. The faunal assemblage is dominated by wild taxa suggesting the reliance on hunting for subsistence even up to the Late Metal Age (1350 BP). There was no intensification in animal husbandry, even in the presence of domestic animals, which is in contrast to other sites in the region dating to the same period and demonstrates regional variability in the resource importance of introduced domestic taxa. Analysis of skeletal element representation in the assemblage revealed that whole carcasses were being brought to the site and processed, and systematic analysis of the butchery marks permitted the description of carcass processing sequences. Over-representation of certain skeletal elements, and the presence of finished tools suggests the on-site manufacture of bone implements during the later phases of site occupation. Keywords: domesticationIsland Southeast AsiaNeolithicPhilippinessubsistence ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank the reviewers for their careful reading of the manuscript and their helpful comments. The excavation at Nagsabaran was supported by a grant from the Chang Ching-Kuo Foundation, Taipei, to Peter Bellwood and Hsiao-chun Hung (grant title: The Role of Taiwan in the Creation of Southeast Asian Peoples and Cultures, 3500 BC to AD 500). We are also grateful to the National Museum of the Philippines for the loan of, and permission to study the vertebrate remains from Nagsabaran. The study was undertaken in the Zooarchaeology Laboratory of the Archaeological Studies Program, University of the Philippines, Diliman. The research of Noel Amano and Philip Piper was initially funded by a grant administered by the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research and Development, University of the Philippines. The preparation of the manuscript by P.J.P. was completed at the Australian National University with Future Fellowship Grant FT100100527.
Год издания: 2013
Авторы: Noel Amano, Philip J. Piper, Hsiao‐chun Hung, Peter Bellwood
Издательство: Routledge
Источник: The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology
Ключевые слова: Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies, Marine animal studies overview, Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
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Том: 8
Выпуск: 3
Страницы: 317–335