The bird remains from WF16, an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan: Assemblage composition, chronology and spatial distribution

Judith White; Bill Finlayson; Cheryl Makarewicz; Fares Khoury; Ben Greet; Steven Mithen

doi:10.1002/oa.3016

The bird remains from WF16, an early Neolithic settlement in southern Jordan: Assemblage composition, chronology and spatial distribution

Judith White, Bill Finlayson, Cheryl Makarewicz, Fares Khoury, Ben Greet, Steven Mithen

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Abstract

Excavations at the early Neolithic settlement of WF16 in Faynan, southern Jordan, 11.84–10.24 ka BP, recovered 17,700 bird bones, of which 7808 could be identified to at least family level. Sixty-three different bird taxa are present from 18 families, representing a mix of resident and migrant birds, based on present-day ecology. We describe the settlement context for the assemblage, its taxonomic composition, spatial and chronological distribution, identifying its similarities and differences to avian assemblages from broadly contemporary sites in the region.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1030-1045
Number of pages	16
Journal	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
Volume	31
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/oa.3016
State	Published - 1 Nov 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Keywords

Faynan
Jordan
Neolithic
WF16
bird bones
chronology
distribution

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Anthropology
Archaeology

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