TY - JOUR
T1 - Archaeology and archaeozoology of Phum Snay
T2 - A late prehistoric cemetery in northwestern Cambodia
AU - O'Reilly, Dougald J.W.
AU - von den Driesch, Angela
AU - Voeun, Vuthy
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - This paper analyzes faunal remains excavated from the late prehistoric cemetery of Phum Snay in northwestern Cambodia. The material comprises two different components: (1) animal bones as grave goods and (2) bone fragments originating from settlement activities. The mammal and bird remains from the graves derive exclusively from domestic animals and include water buffalo, cattle, pigs, and possibly a chicken. In most cases, one or two limbs from the left side of the body of one or two species were deposited in a grave. Fish were also incorporated in the grave cult. The animal bones found in nonburial contexts reveal a broad-spectrum foraging economy that exploited a wide range of ecosystems: forests, grass- and marshlands, rivers, and inundated fields, resulting in the capture of deer, boar, smaller carnivores, cranes, tortoises, turtles, monitor lizards, crocodiles, and fish.
AB - This paper analyzes faunal remains excavated from the late prehistoric cemetery of Phum Snay in northwestern Cambodia. The material comprises two different components: (1) animal bones as grave goods and (2) bone fragments originating from settlement activities. The mammal and bird remains from the graves derive exclusively from domestic animals and include water buffalo, cattle, pigs, and possibly a chicken. In most cases, one or two limbs from the left side of the body of one or two species were deposited in a grave. Fish were also incorporated in the grave cult. The animal bones found in nonburial contexts reveal a broad-spectrum foraging economy that exploited a wide range of ecosystems: forests, grass- and marshlands, rivers, and inundated fields, resulting in the capture of deer, boar, smaller carnivores, cranes, tortoises, turtles, monitor lizards, crocodiles, and fish.
KW - Animal bones
KW - Burial goods
KW - Cambodia
KW - Economic activities
KW - Late prehistoric time
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33750573523&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1353/asi.2006.0024
DO - 10.1353/asi.2006.0024
M3 - Article
SN - 0066-8435
VL - 45
SP - 188
EP - 211
JO - Asian Perspectives
JF - Asian Perspectives
IS - 2
ER -