ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL DATA FROM LATE MESOLITHIC AND NEOLITHIC SITES IN SWITZERLAND (CA. 6000-3500 CAL BC)

This study integrates zooarchaeological data from all Late Mesolithic and earlier Neolithic sites in Switzerland that are dated between 6000 and 3500 BC. All the late Neolithic sites which belong to the phases ‘Spätneolithikum’ (3500-2750 BC) and ‘Endneolithikum’ (2750-2000 BC), as defined by Lüning (1996), are excluded. For information about the dating and naming of Neolithic cultures, refer to the chronological table in Jacomet 2007 (figure 13.1).