TY - JOUR
T1 - New perspectives on the use of kites in mass-kills of Levantine gazelle
T2 - A view from northeastern Syria
AU - Zeder, Melinda A.
AU - Bar-Oz, Guy
AU - Rufolo, Scott J.
AU - Hole, Frank
PY - 2013/5/29
Y1 - 2013/5/29
N2 - A deposit of gazelle bones at Tell Kuran in the Khabur Basin of northeastern Syria provides evidence for the use of desert kites in the mass-slaughter of steppic game. The deposit's late 4th millennium BCE date, long after livestock had replaced game as primary meat sources, suggests that this practice was directed toward social rather than economic ends. Evidence for the use of kites in the mass killing of steppe animals in the Khabur Basin is examined and the possibility that not only gazelle, but also onagers and possibly other steppe animals' were hunted in this way is explored. The role of such socially driven practices in the local extirpation of steppe species is discussed.
AB - A deposit of gazelle bones at Tell Kuran in the Khabur Basin of northeastern Syria provides evidence for the use of desert kites in the mass-slaughter of steppic game. The deposit's late 4th millennium BCE date, long after livestock had replaced game as primary meat sources, suggests that this practice was directed toward social rather than economic ends. Evidence for the use of kites in the mass killing of steppe animals in the Khabur Basin is examined and the possibility that not only gazelle, but also onagers and possibly other steppe animals' were hunted in this way is explored. The role of such socially driven practices in the local extirpation of steppe species is discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84892442988&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.045
DO - 10.1016/j.quaint.2012.12.045
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892442988
SN - 1040-6182
VL - 297
SP - 110
EP - 125
JO - Quaternary International
JF - Quaternary International
ER -