13TH ICAZ INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 2ND – 7TH SEPTEMBER 2018 ANKARA – TURKEY PROGRAMME A series of suggestions and drawings for the conference logo were submitted by METU, Ankara University and Hacettepe University students. After a vote by the members of the Scientific and Organizing Committee, the drawing proposed by Zeynep Ece Sahin was chosen. It encircles a number of bone "shadows" topped with the statue of a deer drawn after a metal find from the "Kings' tombs" at Alacahöyük. This statue is displayed at the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara. International Council for Archaeozoology Middle East Technical University CONTENTS COMMITTEES ....................................................................................................................................... 5 ACKOWLEDGEMENTS ....................................................................................................................... 6 GENERAL PROGRAMME .................................................................................................................... 7 ANKARA .............................................................................................................................................. 11 METU .................................................................................................................................................... 19 CULTURE AND CONVENTION CENTER FLOOR PLAN .............................................................. 20 SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME ............................................................................................................... 21 3rd SEPTEMBER ............................................................................................................................... 22 4th SEPTEMBER ............................................................................................................................... 34 5th SEPTEMBER ............................................................................................................................... 46 6th SEPTEMBER ............................................................................................................................... 53 7th SEPTEMBER ............................................................................................................................... 63 EXCURSIONS ...................................................................................................................................... 74 COMMITTEES ICAZ Executive Committee (2014-2018) Lilian Karali, Greece Terry O’Connor, UK Angelos Hadjikoumis, UK Sarah Whitcher Kansa, USA Salima Ikram, Egypt Christine Lefèvre, France Daniella E. Bar-Yosef Mayer, Israel Pam Crabtree, USA Sebastian Munoz, Argentine Evangelia Pişkin, Turkey Hugo Yacobaccio, Argentine Luis Alberto Borrero, Argentina Luis Borrero, Argentine Hans Christian Küchelmann, Germany Canan Çakırlar, Holland Hitomi Hongo, Japan Levent Atici, USA Richard Meadow, USA Mehmet Özdoğan, Turkey Mariana Mondini, Argentina Mihriban Özbaşaran, Turkey Vedat Onar, Turkey Conference Scientific Committee Aliye Öztan, Turkey Hitomi Hongo, Japan Yilmaz Erdal, Turkey Melinda Zeder, USA Lutgarde Vandeput, Turkey Suzanne Pilaar Birch, USA Burcu Erciyas, Turkey Richard Meadow, USA Numan Tuna, Turkey Umberto Albarella, UK Inci Togan, Turkey Sebastian Payne, UK Gürcin Bertram, Turkey László Bartosiewicz, UK Can Yümni Gündem, Turkey Christine Lefèvre, France Marjan Mashkour, France Conference Organising Committee Jean-Denis Vigne, France Evangelia Piskin, METU, Settlement Archaeology Rémi Berthon, France Mustafa Tatbul, METU, Settlement Ann Belen Marin Arroyo, Spain Archaeology Simon Davis, Portugal Ezgi Sevimli, METU, Settlement Archaeology Alice Choyke, Hungary Mehmet Sömel, METU, Biology Arek Marciniack, Poland Füsun Özer, METU, Biology Luminita Bejenaru, Romania 5 ACKOWLEDGEMENTS We want to extend our thanks to the excavation directors Prof. Mihriban Özbaşaran, İstanbul University, Prof. Arkadiusz Marciniak, Adam Mickiewicz University, Prof. Aygül Süel, Ankara University and Prof. Andreas Schachner, German Archaeological Institute, for kindly hosting us and guiding us to the excavations of Aşıklı Höyük, Çatalhöyük, Şapinuva and Hattusha and Yazılıkaya. The excursions for ICAZ 2018 were organized voluntary by Prof. Aykut Misirligil, retired Professor of Ankara University. Special thanks are also due to Gamze Durdu, Gonca Özger and Burak Hüseyin Soy who spent many hours helping during the last few months of preparations. In addition, Onur Alp Uluçay offered his graphic design skills for all printed material and items in the conference pack. The book of Abstracts and Program were prepared by Evangelia Pişkin, Ezgi Sevimli, Gonca Özger and Gamze Durdu. The book covers were designed by İdil Ayçe Aba and İrem Dilek. The photograph on the cover pages was taken by Safoora Kamjan on a group of bones from Şapinuva and the one on inside pages by Mustafa Tatbul on materials from Komana excavation. The Conference management system was created and run by Arkeolab Consulting. Many thanks to all those who contributed. Assistants and Post-doctorates Burak Hüseyin Soy Dilek Koptekin Students Özcan Sütçü Gamze Durdu Gamze Tekçe Gonca Özger Emre Dalkılıç Iraz Aplay Damla Kaptan Kıvılcım Başak Vural Mustafa Özkan Ali Akbaba Erinç Yurtman Sevgi Yorulmaz 6 GENERAL PROGRAMME 31st August – 1st September Pre-conference excursion: Neolithic and Selcuk / Ottoman excursion 1st September Pre-conference excursion: Eskisehir: Iron Age Phrygian to Byzantine excursion 2nd September 16.00 – 19.00 Registration desk open at Culture and Convention Center 17.00 – 18.30 ICAZ Executive Committee meeting, Room H 19.00 – 22.00 Opening ceremony and cocktail, Kemal Kurdaş Hall at Culture and Convention Center 3rd September 09.00 – 09.20 Morning coffee/tea 09.30 – 17.00 Registration desk open at Culture and Convention Center 09.20 – 17.00 Parallel Sessions Raw Material Choice and Ornaments: Aesthetics, Availability, Social Value and Manufacturing Considerations, Room B Identifying and interpreting food taboos: a zooarchaeological approach, Room C Exploitation of animal resources in the prehistory of the South-East Europe, Room F Conservative, consistent and comparative: Papers in Zooarchaeology honoring Richard H. Meadow, Room A Animal Domestication and Biotic Exchange in East and Central Asia, Room D Archaeozoology beyond the bones: future and prospects of biomolecular and physico-chemical analyses, Room G GENERAL session, Europe and Southwest Asia, Room H 17.30 – 18.30 WG meetings Worked Bone Research WG Room H Fish Remains WG Room E Bird WG Room G 7 4th September 09.00 – 09.20 Morning coffee/tea 09.30 – 17.00 Registration desk open at Culture and Convention Center 09.20 – 17.00 Parallel Sessions Zooarchaeology in Turkey: contributions to understanding human-animal relationships at the crossroads of the Old World, Room A High-resolution analyses of dental remains: broadening horizons, Room D The diversity of exploitation and ritual use of animal in ancient East Asia, Room C Paleoecology of the Quaternary using Microvertebrate records, Room F Understanding cattle-human interactions: interdisciplinary approaches to an ancient relationship, Room B Excuse me, there is a hare in my soup, Room F GENERAL session, Medieval Europe and Americas, Room G 17.30 – 18.30 WG meetings Microvertebrate WG Room F PZAF Room G Zooarchaeology of the Roman Period WG Room H 19.30 – 23.00 Dinner, Vişnelik 5th September 09.00 – 9.20 Morning coffee/tea 09.30 – 13.00 Registration desk open at Culture and Convention Center 09.20 – 12.30 Parallel sessions Zooarchaeology in the Pacific, Room G Putting the humor back into zooarchaeology, Room D Mobile pastoralism through the interdisciplinary lens, Room F Bone refits in faunal analyses: Case studies and applications in archaeological assemblages, Room D Teeth: to know, to eat, to use, Room C GENERAL session, Dogs and Cats, Room F GENERAL session, Asia, Room G GENERAL session, Worked bone, Room C 8 13.00 – 14.00 WG meetings Archaeolmalacology WG: Room H Taphonomy WG: Room E Animal Palaeopathology WG: Room G ASWA WG: Room F 14.00 Half day excursion, Iron Age Phrygian 6th September 09.00 – 09.20 Morning coffee/tea 09.20 – 17.00 Parallel Sessions The archaeology of human impact on faunas: between historical and biological sciences, Room B Zooarchaeology for Global Challenges, Room D From Macroscopic to Molecular Methods and Techniques: A Discussion on Tools for the Study of Archaeofaunal Remains, Room C Commensal vertebrates as bioproxies for human processes, Room C Animal remains and built space – contribution to the taphonomy of buildings, Room B Teaching and outreach in zooarchaeology, Room A General session, Africa, Room G General session, Genetics, Room F General session, Fish, Room G General session, Methods, Room F 12.30 – 17.00 Exhibition of posters submitted for the “Poster Award”, at “Sergi Salonu” 17.55 – 20.00 ICAZ International Committee Meeting, Room C 7th September 09.00 – 09.20 Morning coffee/tea 09.30 – 17.00 Registration desk open at Culture and Convention Center 09.20 – 17.00 Parallel Sessions 9 Animal introduction, adaptation and exploitation around the Baltic and beyond, Room A Long term temporal trends in animal use, Room B Social Networks and Animal Ageing and Sexing, Room C Contextual Taphonomy in Theory and Practice, Room F Animal Health in Archaeology: Integrating Landscapes, Populations, and Individuals, Room G Zooarchaeology and stable isotope analysis in arid and semi-arid