Ref ID:	27981
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Piper, Philip J. Campos, Fredeliza Z. D. Ngoc Kinh, Amano, Noel Oxenham, M. B. Chi Hoang, Bellwood, P. Willis, A.
Title:	Early evidence for pig and dog husbandry from the neolithic site of An Son, southern Vietnam
Date:	2014
Source:	International Journal of Osteoarchaeology
DOI:	10.1002/oa.2226
Abstract:	An Son in southern Vietnam is one of a series of Neolithic (food producing) settlement/cemetery sites in Southeast Asia that appear, archaeologically, shortly before and after 2000 cal. BC. Excavation in 2009 produced a small but important assemblage of vertebrate remains that permit relative comparisons with other zooarchaeological assemblages of similar date in Thailand and northern Vietnam. At An Son, domestic dogs are present from the earliest known phases of occupation with butchery evidence and a high proportion of canid remains, suggesting they were possibly used as a food resource. Said bones were recovered from the earliest phases of the site excavated, and pig husbandry can be identified from at least 1800 to 1600 cal. BC. There is also evidence for the use of a range of other resources including fishing, hunting and the capture of turtles.
Date Created:	3/23/2015
Volume:	24
Page Start:	68
Page End:	78