Zooarqueología de los macrovertebrados del yacimiento fenicio del Teatro Cómico (Cádiz)

Abstract

This paper presents the zooarchaeological study of the macromammals recovered at the Phoenician site called Teatro Cómico. Ovicaprids constitute the main herding followed by cattle and porcine, depending on the occupation period. Other species, with a reduced representation, are horse and dog. Regarding wild fauna, a low presence was recorded, deer being the most significant species. Taxonomic and skeletal and death-patterns data, supplemented by the archaeological record, lead to the conclusion that the rearing of domestic species was oriented towards diverse economic uses such as milk and wool production, in line with contemporaneous records in other sites.