M A Zeder
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 2440 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | M A Zeder |
| NOMBRES | M A |
| APELLIDO | Zeder |
| FIRMA | ZEDER M A |
| AFILIACIONES | Smithsonian Institution |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9716-4877 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 56 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 1187 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 56 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1975 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 16 |
A method for constructing demographic profiles of Ovis orientalis/O. aries using Logarithm Size Index scaling
Unpacking the Neolithic
A study of modern and archaeological goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) from Iraq and Iran
A method for constructing demographic profiles of Capra aegagrus/C. hircus using logarithm size index scaling
Out of the Shadows
Out of the Shadows
A Journey Begins with a Single Step
Domestication
A method for constructing demographic profiles in Sus scrofa using Logarithm Size Index scaling
Factors affecting molar size in Sus scrofa
A Critical Assessment Of Markers Of Initial Domestication In Goats (Capra Hircus)
Early Horse Domestication On The Eurasian Steppe
The Domestication Of South American Camelids
Documenting Domestication
Why evolutionary biology needs anthropology
Anthropologists have a long history of applying concepts from evolutionary biology to cultural evolution. Evolutionary biologists, however, have been slow to turn to anthropology for insights about evolution. Recently, evolutionary biology has been engaged in a debate over the need to revise evolutionary theory to account for developments made in 60 years since the Modern Synthesis, the standard evolutionary paradigm, was framed. Revision propone…
Domestication as a model system for niche construction theory
Ecological consequences of human niche construction
The exhibition of increasingly intensive and complex niche construction behaviors through time is a key feature of human evolution, culminating in the advanced capacity for ecosystem engineering exhibited by Homo sapiens . A crucial outcome of such behaviors has been the dramatic reshaping of the global biosphere, a transformation whose early origins are increasingly apparent from cumulative archaeological and paleoecological datasets. Such data …
Core questions in domestication research
Significance Domestication of plants and animals marks a major transition in human history that represents a vibrant area of interdisciplinary scientific inquiry. Consideration of three central questions about domestication—what it is, what it does, and why it happened—provide a unifying framework for diverse research on the topic. Domestication is defined in terms of a coevolutionary mutualism between domesticator and domesticate and is distingu…
Comment on Sterelny and Watkins
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A new system for computing long-bone fusion age profiles in Sus scrofa
Grand challenges for archaeology
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans the biological, physical, and social sciences.
A response to Betts (2014)
A new system for computing dentition-based age profiles in Sus scrofa
Wild Boar or Domestic Pigs? Response to Evin et al
We continue to contest the claim by Evin et al. (2014) that Rosenhof E24 and other Mesolithic pigs were domestic. E24’s mixture of ‘wild’ and ‘domestic’ traits is best explained as indicating a behaviourally wild boar with some domestic ancestry. The fascinating complexities of this situation should not be downplayed in favour of a simplified, more newsworthy (but probably incorrect) conclusion
Mesolithic domestic pigs at Rosenhof - or wild boar? A critical re-appraisal of ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics
We challenge the claim by Krause-Kyora et al. (2013) that there were domestic pigs at Mesolithic sites in northern Germany. A small number of animals from Rosenhof and Poel have ancient DNA and geometric morphometric signatures elsewhere associated with domestic animals. At this time Neolithic farming settlements were present 150km to the south, but the Mesolithic specimens are, however, metrically wild boar, much larger than domestic pigs, and c…
Assessing the reliability of criteria used to identify postcranial bones in sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra
The Origins of Agriculture in the Near East
Previous articleNext article FreeThe Origins of Agriculture in the Near EastMelinda A. ZederMelinda A. ZederPDFPDF PLUSAbstractFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreAbstractThe emerging picture of plant and animal domestication and agricultural origins in the Near East is dramatically different from that drawn 16 years ago in a landmark article …
Assessing the reliability of criteria used to identify mandibles and mandibular teeth in sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra
The Domestication of Animals
Over the past 11,000 years humans have brought a wide variety of animals under domestication. Domestic animals belong to all Linnaean animal classes-mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, insects, and even, arguably, bacteria. Raised for food, secondary products, labor, and companionship, domestic animals have become intricately woven into human economy, society, and religion. Animal domestication is an on-going process, as humans, with incr…
The onset of the Anthropocene
Grand Challenges for Archaeology
This article represents a systematic effort to answer the question, What are archaeology's most important scientific challenges? Starting with a crowd-sourced query directed broadly to the professional community of archaeologists, the authors augmented, prioritized, and refined the responses during a two-day workshop focused specifically on this question. The resulting 25 'grand challenges' focus on dynamic cultural processes and the operation of…
The Neolithic Macro-(R)evolution
A new system for computing dentition-based age profiles in Sus scrofa
A Metrical Analysis of a Collection of Modern Goats ( and ) from Iran and Iraq
A Conversation on Agricultural Origins
A new system for computing long-bone fusion age profiles in Sus scrofa
Trophic Structure and Climatic Information From Isotopic Signatures in Pleistocene Cave Fauna of Southern England
From Food and Fuel to Farms and Flocks
The site of Gordion, Turkey, provides a case study of the integrated use of archaeobiological data. Associations between botanical and faunal remains suggest a continuum of land-use practices. At one end, high ratios of the seeds of wild plants versus cultivated cereal grains (calculated as count/weight) and high proportions of the bones of sheep, goat, and deer are signatures of a subsistence economy focused on pastoral production. At the other,…
After the Revolution
Over the past two decades there has been a proliferation of studies that reveal a far greater diversity in the pathways to food production worldwide than would have been predicted by traditional models of the Neolithic Revolution. It would now appear that, while there are certain universal elements in the origins of food production, each instance of the incorporation of domestic resources into the subsistence economy is shaped by highly localized…
Changing Patterns of Animal Utilization at Ancient Gordion
Le vaste corpus de la faune du site antique de Gordion en Analolie centrale fournit une occasion unique d'en analyser l'économie, fondée sur l'élevage, durant les derniers 1400 ans de son occupation. Au cours de cette période Gordion connut de nombreux changements aussi bien dans sa fonction, sa situation politique, ses affiliations que dans l'appartenance ethnique et le statut de ses habitants. Dans cet article, les différents facteurs de change…
Shanidar 10
Mesolithic domestic pigs at Rosenhof - or wild boar? A critical re-appraisal of ancient DNA and geometric morphometrics
We challenge the claim by Krause-Kyora et al. (2013) that there were domestic pigs at Mesolithic sites in northern Germany. A small number of animals from Rosenhof and Poel have ancient DNA and geometric morphometric signatures elsewhere associated with domestic animals. At this time Neolithic farming settlements were present 150km to the south, but the Mesolithic specimens are, however, metrically wild boar, much larger than domestic pigs, and c…
Out of the Shadows
Religion and the Revolution
Dix ans après son décès, le modèle révolutionnaire de Jacques Cauvin relatif à l’émergence du Néolithique au Proche-Orient continue de focaliser le débat sur les origines de cette période de transition majeure. Sa vision radicale du pouvoir des symboles et du rôle de la religion dans la domestication des plantes et des animaux et dans l’origine de l’agriculture était celle d’un rejet des théories socio-écologiques qui prévalaient à l’époque. Même…
A Journey Begins with a Single Step
Out of the Shadows
A method for constructing demographic profiles in Sus scrofa using Logarithm Size Index scaling
Factors affecting molar size in Sus scrofa
A Proposed System for Computer Analysis of Identifiable Faunal Material from Archaeological Sites
Un système d'analyse programmée des vestiges animaux provenant de sites archéologiques a été mis au point. Il facilitera une analyse rapide et plus détaillée du matériel et permettra un enregistrement homogène des données. Ce système comprend une méthode permettant de coder les différents caractères et un programme facilitant une première manipulation des données
Unpacking the Neolithic
A Proposed System for Computer Analysis of Identifiable Faunal Material from Archaeological Sites
Un système d'analyse programmée des vestiges animaux provenant de sites archéologiques a été mis au point. Il facilitera une analyse rapide et plus détaillée du matériel et permettra un enregistrement homogène des données. Ce système comprend une méthode permettant de coder les différents caractères et un programme facilitant une première manipulation des données
The domestication of animals
Juliet Clutton‐Brock. Domesticated Animals from Early Times.Austin: University of Texas Press; London: The British Museum, 1981. 208 pp. $24.95
Understanding urban process through the study of specialized subsistence economy in the Near East
Changing Patterns of Animal Utilization at Ancient Gordion
Le vaste corpus de la faune du site antique de Gordion en Analolie centrale fournit une occasion unique d'en analyser l'économie, fondée sur l'élevage, durant les derniers 1400 ans de son occupation. Au cours de cette période Gordion connut de nombreux changements aussi bien dans sa fonction, sa situation politique, ses affiliations que dans l'appartenance ethnique et le statut de ses habitants. Dans cet article, les différents facteurs de change…
After the Revolution
Over the past two decades there has been a proliferation of studies that reveal a far greater diversity in the pathways to food production worldwide than would have been predicted by traditional models of the Neolithic Revolution. It would now appear that, while there are certain universal elements in the origins of food production, each instance of the incorporation of domestic resources into the subsistence economy is shaped by highly localized…
Trophic Structure and Climatic Information From Isotopic Signatures in Pleistocene Cave Fauna of Southern England
An Early Neolithic Village in the Jordan Valley, Part II
Prizes and Awards
Animal Domestication in the Zagros
For more than fifty years the Zagros region of modern day Iran and Iraq has been recognized as one of the primary independent centers of animal domestication, particularly the domestication of sheep and goats. Beginning with the work of Robert Braidwood and affiliated researchers, a number of excavation projects sought evidence of the transition from hunting to herding in this region. Pioneering archaeozoological studies of the animal remains gen…
The Initial Domestication of Goats ( Capra hircus ) in the Zagros Mountains 10,000 Years Ago
Initial goat domestication is documented in the highlands of western Iran at 10,000 calibrated calendar years ago. Metrical analyses of patterns of sexual dimorphism in modern wild goat skeletons ( Capra hircus aegagrus ) allow sex-specific age curves to be computed for archaeofaunal assemblages. A distinct shift to selective harvesting of subadult males marks initial human management and the transition from hunting to herding of the species. Dir…
A Metrical Analysis of a Collection of Modern Goats ( and ) from Iran and Iraq
Documenting domestication
Central questions in the domestication of plants and animals
Archaeozoology in Southwest Asia
The biennial meeting of the Archaeozoologists of Southwest Asia (ASWA) Working Group is an excellent barometer of the health and status of archazoological research in this pivotal world area. The geographic focus of this group encompasses the territory from the Southern Sinai to northwestern Anatolia, from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Iranian Plateau. It also includes adjacent areas that border this vast area to the west, north, south, and ea…
Shanidar 10
Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin
The past decade has witnessed a quantum leap in our understanding of the origins, diffusion, and impact of early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin. In large measure these advances are attributable to new methods for documenting domestication in plants and animals. The initial steps toward plant and animal domestication in the Eastern Mediterranean can now be pushed back to the 12th millennium cal B.P. Evidence for herd management and crop cu…
The Neolithic Macro-(R)evolution
Evolutionary Biology and the Emergence of Agriculture
Assessing the reliability of criteria used to identify mandibles and mandibular teeth in sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra
From Food and Fuel to Farms and Flocks
The site of Gordion, Turkey, provides a case study of the integrated use of archaeobiological data. Associations between botanical and faunal remains suggest a continuum of land-use practices. At one end, high ratios of the seeds of wild plants versus cultivated cereal grains (calculated as count/weight) and high proportions of the bones of sheep, goat, and deer are signatures of a subsistence economy focused on pastoral production. At the other,…
A Conversation on Agricultural Origins
Assessing the reliability of criteria used to identify postcranial bones in sheep, Ovis, and goats, Capra
Role of mass-kill hunting strategies in the extirpation of Persian gazelle ( Gazella subgutturosa ) in the northern Levant
Continuous and intensive exploitation of wildlife resources by early agricultural societies had major ecological consequences in the ancient Near East. In particular, hunting strategies of post-Neolithic societies involving the mass killing of wild ungulates contributed to the eventual extirpation of a number of wild species. A remarkable deposit of bones of Persian gazelle ( Gazella subgutarosa ) from fourth millennium BCE levels at Tell Kuran i…
Religion and the Revolution
Dix ans après son décès, le modèle révolutionnaire de Jacques Cauvin relatif à l’émergence du Néolithique au Proche-Orient continue de focaliser le débat sur les origines de cette période de transition majeure. Sa vision radicale du pouvoir des symboles et du rôle de la religion dans la domestication des plantes et des animaux et dans l’origine de l’agriculture était celle d’un rejet des théories socio-écologiques qui prévalaient à l’époque. Même…
The Origins of Agriculture in the Near East
Previous articleNext article FreeThe Origins of Agriculture in the Near EastMelinda A. ZederMelinda A. ZederPDFPDF PLUSAbstractFull Text Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmailQR Code SectionsMoreAbstractThe emerging picture of plant and animal domestication and agricultural origins in the Near East is dramatically different from that drawn 16 years ago in a landmark article …
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