村头遗址所见饲养动物研究

Study on Raising Animals from Cuntou Site

本文通过对村头遗址动物遗存的统计、分析,认定犬和猪两种驯化物种,从它们的占比例来看,说明在生业经济中占有比较重要的地位。对家猪性质的判断采用了动物考古学的方法,从多个角度进行分析,发现猪类遗存具有典型的家猪特征;结合考古学文化的研究成果,以及植物考古的研究,推测其祖先可能是从长江流域或其他周边地区引入并在当地繁殖的。

Base on the zooarchaeological and statistical study of the animal remains from Cuntou site,this paper sug-gested that dog and pig were domesticated animals,both of them were very important in the ancient subsistence,which indicated by their relatively high proportion among all the species.Domesticated pigs were confirmed by multi-ple evidences and were believed to be introduced from Yangtze River region or surrounding areas when combined with archaeological and archaeobotanical studies.