Hunting and fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic explores the extent of hunting and fishing activities, their role and importance in subsistence and also their place in social relations. The book contains 13 papers on hunting and fishing techniques, weapons and prey in the area from Anatolia to the Gibraltar region. The range of topics includes technological, typological and functional analyses of weapons used, analyses of hunting and fishing strategies and techniques, and zooarchaeological analyses of the role of hunted fauna in the economy and other aspects of lives of the past communities. Papers include specific case studies as well as syntheses of wider data sets and provide the latest methodological and theoretical perspectives on the role of hunting and fishing in early agricultural societies.

Table of Contents:
Introduction: Hunting and fishing in the Neolithic and Eneolithic in Europe and Anatolia Hunting and fishing in Neolithic Anatolia – Abu B. Siddiq and Vecihi Özkaya Hunting in the Early Chalcolithic of Cappadocia, Central Turkey: Evidence from Çiftlik-Tepecik – Pam Crabtree and Douglas V. Campana The “Call of the Wild”: Hunting, fishing and foragingin the early farming villages of Northeastern Greece- environment, technologies, and culture – Marianna Nikolaidou and Ernestine S. Elster Hunting at the Neolithic lakeside settlement of Anarghiri IXb in western Macedonia, Greece. The evidence of the chipped stone projectile points – Stella Papadopoulou “Pick up your bows. We go hunting”. Deer antler hunting gear from the Neolithic lakeside settlement Anargiri IXb, Western Macedonia, Greece – Christoforos Arampatzis Going into the wild: Hunting and fishing at the Early Neolithic site of Dzhulyunitsa-Smardesh – Nedko Elenski, Hristina Markova, and Dragomir Markov Distribution and use of projectile points during the Chalcolithic Period in Bulgaria – Kamen Boyadzhiev Harpoons from the tell-settlement of Căscioarele-Ostrovel (Romania): A technological and functional analysis – Monica Mărgărit Indirect evidence for fishing on the middle course of Mureş River in the Late Neolithic: a multi-analytical approach to evaluating osseous hooks – Mihaela Savu and Cristian-Eduard Ştefan Hunting and fishing equipment in the Neolithic period in the central Balkans – Selena Vitezović, Dragana Antonović and Danica Mihailović “Where are the wild things”: Wild animal exploitation during the Neolithic of the central Balkans – Annie Brown and Haskel J. Greenfield Hunting and fishing weapons, land and marine resources, technology and ways of life in the Neolithic sites of the Strait of Gibraltar region – Ignacio Clemente-Conte, José Ramos-Muñoz, Eduardo Vijande-Vila, Juan Jesús Cantillo-Duarte, José Antonio Riquelme Cantal, Niccolò Mazzucco, Diego Fernández-Sánchez, José María Corona Borrego, Milagrosa Soriguer-Escofet, Remedios Cabrera-Castro, David Cuenca-Solana, María Sánchez Aragón, Antonio Barrena-Tocino Hunting practices in Neolithic sheepfold caves in the Iberian Peninsula: El Mirador cave (Sierra de Atapuerca, Burgos) and Cova Colomera (Serra del Montsec, Lleida) – Patricia Martín, Jordi Nadal, Xavier Oms and Josep Maria Vergè