Little is known about the initial appearance of herding in central Anatolia. Although morphologically domestic caprines are present from the foundation of Çatalhöyük East, ca 7,100 cal. BC, how and when domestic caprines became an integral part of the central Anatolian economy, and their Status and relationship with earlier communities, is unclear. This article reports the results of a study in which carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes were used to provide signatures of caprine diet and thus pasturing practices; as an animal's movements are affected by human Intervention, changes in animal diets should be visible through changes in δ15N and δ13C levels. A sequence of seven sites on the Konya piain, covering the period ca 9,000–4,500 cal. BC, provided bone samples for carbon and nitrogen analysis. An unaffected local dietary signature for caprines was created using the fauna from Epipalaeolithic Pınarbaşı and a C3/C4plant baseline. This dietary signature, along with dietary information from the domesticated caprines at later sites, allowed changes in diet resulting from human Intervention to be mapped. Changes in diet are found to have occurred at sites where there is no morphometric or demographic data suggestive of early herding or domesticates. This new dietary data extends our knowledge and under-standing of how and when caprines and cattle came under human control on the Konya piain, central Anatolia.

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放牧和动物管理的开始：安纳托利亚中部科尼亚平原上山羊放牧的早期发展

人们对安纳托利亚中部最初出现的放牧现象知之甚少。尽管从Çatalhöyük East 的基础上就存在形态上的家养山羊，约 7,100 cal。BC，国内山羊如何以及何时成为安纳托利亚中部经济不可分割的一部分，以及它们的地位和与早期社区的关系，尚不清楚。本文报道了一项研究的结果，其中碳和氮稳定同位素被用来提供山羊饮食的特征，从而提供放牧实践；由于动物的运动受到人类干预的影响，动物饮食的变化应通过 δ 的变化可见15N和δ13C级。Konya piain 上的七个地点的序列，涵盖约 9,000–4,500 cal 时期。BC，提供了用于碳和氮分析的骨骼样本。使用 Epipalaeolithic Pınarbaşı 的动物群和 C3/C4植物基线。这种饮食特征，以及后来地点驯化山羊的饮食信息，可以绘制出人类干预导致的饮食变化。发现饮食变化发生在没有形态或人口统计数据表明早期放牧或驯化的地方。这一新的饮食数据扩展了我们对山羊和牛如何以及何时在安纳托利亚中部的科尼亚平原受到人类控制的知识和理解。