Henny Piezonka
@hpiezonka.bsky.social
Archaeology / Ethnoarchaeology / Hunting / Fishing / Herding / Taiga / Steppe / FU Berlin
Reposted by Henny Piezonka
At this time, people in the region were transitioning from mobile hunter-gatherers to sedentary pastoralists. Desert kites, used to funnel animals whilst hunting, were modified into enclosures, revealing early experiments in animal domestication.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Mass-hunting in South-west Asia at the dawn of sedentism: new evidence from Şanlıurfa, south-east Türkiye
Collation of satellite imagery and new fieldwork in Şanlıurfa (south-east Türkiye) has revealed large numbers of stone-walled desert kites, some of which may date to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic (c. 9500–7000 BC). The authors briefly explore the potential role of these structures in the processes of early sedentism and monumentality.
doi.org
November 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
At this time, people in the region were transitioning from mobile hunter-gatherers to sedentary pastoralists. Desert kites, used to funnel animals whilst hunting, were modified into enclosures, revealing early experiments in animal domestication.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Can't wait to start on this exciting endeavour with Penny, Bruno and the international team! Here is also the English press release: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/research/ancient-rubbish-early-farmers/
Ancient rubbish shows how early farmers learned to live with waste
A new archaeological project aims to shed light on how Neolithic rubbish could help understand how Europe’s first farmers adapted to a more settled way of life.
www.york.ac.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Can't wait to start on this exciting endeavour with Penny, Bruno and the international team! Here is also the English press release: www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2025/research/ancient-rubbish-early-farmers/