Abstracts of the oral and poster presentations (in alphabetic order) see Addenda, p. 271 11th ICAZ International Conference. Paris, 23-28 August 2010 81 82 11th ICAZ International Conference. Paris, 23-28 August 2010 ABRAMS Grégory1, BONJEAN ABUHELALEH Bellal1, AL NAHAR Maysoon2, Dominique1, Di Modica Kévin1 & PATOU- BERRUTI Gabriele Luigi Francesco, MATHIS Marylène2 CANCELLIERI Emanuele1 & THUN 1, Centre de recherches de la grotte Scladina, 339D Rue Fond des Vaux, 5300 Andenne, HOHENSTEIN Ursula1 Belgique, [email protected]; [email protected] ; [email protected] 2, Institut de Paléontologie Humaine, Département Préhistoire du Muséum National d’Histoire 1, Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32, Ferrara Naturelle, 1 Rue René Panhard, 75013 Paris, France, [email protected] (FE: 44100), Italy, [email protected] 2, Department of Archaeology, University of Jordan. Amman 11942 Jordan, maysnahar@gmail. com Les os brûlés de l’ensemble sédimentaire 1A de Scladina (Andenne, Belgique) : apports naturels ou restes de foyer Study of Bone artefacts and use techniques from the Neo- néandertalien ? lithic Jordanian site; Tell Abu Suwwan (PPNB-PN) L’ensemble sédimentaire 1A de la grotte Scladina, daté par 14C entre In this paper we would like to present the experimental study car- 40 et 37.000 B.P., recèle les traces d’une occupation par les Néan- ried out in order to reproduce the bone artifacts coming from the dertaliens qui contient environ 3.500 artefacts lithiques ainsi que Neolithic site Tell Abu Suwwan-Jordan. This experimental project plusieurs milliers de restes fauniques, attribués majoritairement au aims to complete the archaeozoological analysis of the bone arti- Cheval pour les herbivores. facts in order to contribute to understand the cultural perspective L’altération du matériel osseux, due aux agents climato-édaphiques during the occupation of Tell Abu Suwwan. et à l’impact des carnivores, n’autorise pas l’observation de traces Tell Abu Suwwan is one of Pre Pottery Neolithic mega villages anthropiques nettes. De ce lot, émerge cependant plus d’une cen- which is located in Northern Jordan. The site was excavated by the taine de fragments osseux qui porte les stigmates d’une exposition University of Jordan 2005,2006,2007 and 2008 field excavations, prolongée au feu. La majorité a atteint le seuil de carbonisation et directed by prof. M Al Nahar, suggest that the site was occupied présente une forte réduction de la taille (qui en empêche l’identi- continually from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic phase B (MPPNB) fication anatomique et taxinomique), critères souvent attribués à to the Yarmoukian (PN) period. l’utilisation des ossements comme combustibles. During the excavation of Tell Abu Suwwan 46 bone artifacts has La répartition spatiale ne permet pas d’observer de concentration been recovered: some are bone tools like points and awls and des éléments brûlés. Ils sont éparpillés sur la totalité de la surface others present engraving on the surface: as parallel cut marks. The de la grotte, équivalant à près de 200 m2. Leur distribution est tou- preferred raw material is bone of medium size animals like gazelle tefois calquée sur celle qui affecte les productions lithiques, ren- and goat, which ribs and tibia and radius were modified to obtain forçant ainsi le caractère anthropique de l’ensemble. Celui-ci est those artifacts. encore conforté par la même coexistence d’artefacts et de témoins brûlés en couche 5, l’autre niveau d’occupation humaine, plus an- In cooperation with Prof. M Al Nahar, who studies the lithic indus- cien (O.I.S. 5), de Scladina. Enfin, a contrario, la quasi-absence d’élé- try of Tell Abu Suwwan, the researchers of the University of Ferrara ments brûlés caractérise les autres couches, non anthropiques, du reproduced experimentally the bone objects by using the the lithic gisement. tools similar to the original ones. SEM analysis were carried out S5-2, S6-3, General session, poster both on the bone objects and the lithic instruments to document the marks related to the manufacturing and utilization of the bones artefacts and the flint use wear. ABUHELALEH Bellal1, AL NAHAR Maysoon2 S6-1, Raw and Worked Osseous Materials, poster & THUN HOHENSTEIN Ursula1 1, Department of Biology and Evolution, University of Ferrara, Corso Ercole I d’Este 32, Ferrara(FE: 44100), Italy, [email protected]; [email protected] 2, Department of Archaeology, University of Jordan. Amman 11942 Jordan, maysnahar@gmail. com ABU-LABAN Aiysha Copenhagen University, 2300 Copenhagen S, [email protected] The use of animal resources during the Neolithic period in the Jordanian site Tell Abu Suwwan (PPNB-PN) Exchange systems in Levantine Pre-Pottery Neolithic B societies – An analysis and This paper aims to present the preliminary results of the archaeo- zoological analysis carried out on the faunal assemblages of Tell reconstruction of the use of mollusc shells from the Abu Suwwan - Jordan. Southern Jordanian site Shkarat Msaied Tell Abu Suwwan is one of Pre Pottery Neolithic mega villages The early Neolithic site Shkarat Msaied (MPPNB period) was oc- which located in Northern Jordan. The site was excavated by the cupied during the 8th millennium b.p., and is located in southern University of Jordan 2005,2006,2007 and 2008 field excavations, Jordan. Among the material assemblage excavated from this site directed by prof. Maysoon Al Nahar, suggest that the site was oc- are marine shells originating from the Red Sea and the Mediterra- cupied continually from the Middle Pre-Pottery Neolithic phase B nean Sea, being located more than 100 km from the semi-arid in- (MPPNB) to the Yarmoukian (Pottery Neolithic) period. land where the site is situated. The assemblage includes more than The site was excavated in two area: area A which contained few 20 different marine mollusc species, and most of the shells have walls, plaster floors and area B that yielded a large square and a rec- been modified for possible use as ornaments. The conjecture to tangular building with three clear types of plaster floors. Both Areas discoveries of marine shells in inland sites such as Shkarat Msaied A and B include many lithics, faunal remains and some small finds. is typically that they are an ipso facto proof of contact or exchange The faunal assemblages of Tell Abu Suwwan are mainly composed between groups from different regions. Given the long distance by domestic taxa like goat and sheep, and wild species as gazelle, from which such artefacts originate they are often interpreted by wild boar and other ungulates. archaeologists as valuable objects and thus categorised as prestige These faunal assemblages were bad preserved due to high limes- and/or exotic items. Through the analysis of the shells from Shkarat tone mineralization on the surface of the assemblages. Anthropical Msiaed this paper will re-evaluate the above mentioned hypothesis and natural factors increased the bone fragmentation. by including anthropological approaches. This archaezoological analysis wish to present the paleo-economic change during the different phases of the Neolithic. S3-4 Archaeomalacology: shells in the archaeological record S5-2, S6-3, General session, poster Acquisition and use of shell raw materials in prehistory, oral 11th ICAZ International Conference. Paris, 23-28 August 2010 83 ACOSTA Alejandro & LOPONTE Daniel The list was created by the authors in March 2000 in response to the academic isolation often felt by those working singly or in small CONICET/Instituto Nacional de Antropología y Pensamiento Latinoamericano. Postal address: 3 de febrero 1378, Buenos Aires, Argentina (C1426BJN), [email protected]; teams of specialists. ZOOARCH has grown from a mere twenty [email protected] members on day one to over 830 members from 43 countries to- day, and over the years has posed hundreds of queries and supplied Presence of prehispanic domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) thousands of answers. The ZOOARCH discussion list has always among hunter-gatherer groups of southern South Ame- aimed to be inclusive, relevant and supportive and its real strength rica continues to be the zooarchaeological community itself and the willingess of people to share their knowledge and their data with Between 1970 to 1980 a series of canid remains recovered in diffe- others. It is probably no exaggeration to say that it has, to a subs- rent archaeological sites, the southern extreme of South America, tantial extent, changed the way zooarchaeologists communicate. particularly in Pampa and Patagonia generated an important dis- This paper will provide an account on the origins and development cussion concerning whether prehispanic dogs had actually existed of ZOOARCH, its context in the world of zooarchaeology and its re- in the region. Recent evidence recovered by several teams investi- lationship and collaboration with other zooarchaeological services, gating hunter-gatherer sites in the southeast and central eastern such as ICAZ, BoneCommons,and, more recently, the Zooarchaeo- area of the Pampean region and an area of northern Patagonia fir- logy Social Network. We will also discuss the future and how the list mly establish the presence of Canis familiaris among those groups could develop over the next ten years. inhabiting the area during late Holocene. S2-6, Influencing, supporting and maintaining our profession: The main objective of this work is to present data on C. familiaris past, present and future, oral recovered in two sites, both located in the southern extreme of the Plata Basin, in which we have verified its presence. We discuss se- veral aspects related to the origin and presence of dogs. We also ALBARELLA Umberto consider some behavioral issues which characterized hunter gathe- University of Sheffield, Northgate House, West Street, S1 4ET, Sheffield, UK. u.albarella@ rer groups in the area and take in account interpretations of other sheffield.ac.uk investigators working in other Pampean areas and Patagonia.