Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Uluslararası Doğu Anadolu –Güney Kafkasya Kültürleri Sempozyumu, International Symposium On East Anatolia - South Caucasus Cultures, Atatürk Universitesi & ESRUC Konsorsiyumu, Erzurum, Türkiye, 10 - 13 Ekim 2012, cilt.2, ss.214-218
This study sets out to critically review the available evidence
for animal husbandry in Urartu, from all available sources such as inscriptions,
faunal remains, ethnographic data, and ethnographic studies of modern animal husbandry.
I will look at the role of herding within the subsistence economy of Urartian
society and both the changes and continuity in patterns of livestock use over
three millennia in eastern Anatolia, northwest Iran and Transcaucasia. Although
there has been intensive research on different aspects of Urartian society, the
role of the central government in the organisation of livestock management and
the kinds of animals that were bred in the Urartian highlands is not well understood.
However, recent excavations and the discovery of numerous inscriptions in the Urartian
highlands provide enough data to allow us to analyse the role that the central
government may have played in animal husbandry, look at the various tribes who made
up Urartian society and examine the livestock breeds and management practices used
by Urartian farmers.