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Animal Exploitation along the Southern Caspian Sea Shore during the Iron Age, Iran

Hossein Davoudi
Jebrael Nokandeh
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The Iron Age covers the chronological period spanning 1500 to 550 BC. Due to the limited fieldworks in Iron Age settlement sites, our archaeological knowledge regarding the subsistence economy is very scant in this period. The southern Caspian Sea shore, Mazandaran and Gilan provinces, are limited from the south by the mighty Alburz ranges and enjoys a high annual precipitation and exceptionally humid climate which has led to the development of subtropical forests in the region with a rich fauna and flora. Tepe Jalaliye in Kaluraz, a residential Iron Age site, was excavated as part of the joint Iranian-Japanese archaeological project on the western bank of Sefid Rud. Pileh Qal'eh, another residential Iron Age site near the Mārlik necropolis, was excavated in 1960s by E.O. Negahban. The faunal remains from Jalaliye and Pileh Qal'eh, chronologically spanning the Iron Age, were studied in the Osteology Department of the National Museum of Iran. The results of these studies provided the opportunity to evaluate animal exploitation strategies, interaction between humans and animals and animal husbandry in general on the southern shore of the Caspian Sea. The results show that hunting activities did not play a major role in these societies. Hunted animals are more diversified at Pileh Qal’eh, and consist of red deer, boar, wild sheep, wild goat and gazelle, in contrast, at Jalaliye, deer and boar only were identified. Cattle are the most exploited animals in Pileh Qal’eh, while domesticated sheep and goat in Jalaliye are dominant, and cattle are of secondary importance in the subsistence economy. This pattern could perhaps be the result of changes in herding and exploitation strategies in time and space. The faunal remains from Pileh Qal’eh and Jalaliye Kaluraz reveal important analytical potential for the reconstruction of the subsistence economy and the investigation of the exploitation of the landscape and the "terroir".
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hal-03025376 , version 1 (26-11-2020)

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Hossein Davoudi, Marjan Mashkour, Jebrael Nokandeh. Animal Exploitation along the Southern Caspian Sea Shore during the Iron Age, Iran. Yousef Hassanzadeh, Ali A. Vahdati and Zahed Karimi. Proceedings of the international conference on The Iron Age in Western Iran and Neibouring Regions, 1, RICHT / National Museum of Iran / Kurdistan ICHHTO, pp.456-483, 2019, 978-600-8977-91-9. ⟨hal-03025376⟩

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