Correspondence analysis of taxonomic composition in assemblages from urban and rural sites.

<p>Analysis is based on the frequency data in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0091795#pone-0091795-t002" target="_blank">Table 2</a>. (A) Comparison of assemblages from urban (green triangles), rural (orange diamonds), and unclassified (asterisks) contexts. (B) Comparison of urban and proxy assemblages (purple squares).</p

Taxonomic frequencies based on NISP data, focusing on samples from discrete occupational phases in urban and rural sites and three proxy assemblages.

<p>*For site names see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0091795#pone.0091795.s003" target="_blank">Table S1</a>.</p

Location map of the study sites in relation to climate and topography.

<p>Location map of the study sites in relation to climate and topography.</p

Rarefaction analysis of urban and rural assemblages.

<p>Data used for this analysis excludes taxa that are rare in the urban assemblages and indicate abandonment/intrusion (<i>Meriones</i>, <i>Microtus</i>, <i>Spalax</i>, <i>Gerbillus</i>). NISP is the number of identified specimens.</p

Contrast between a large-scale mound site and a single-period small-scale settlement.

<p>Tel Megiddo has a history of thousands of years of dense urban occupation (above; photographed by Skyview and the Megiddo Expedition) whereas Khirbet ed-Dawwara is a single-period small-scale settlement with shallow accumulation above the natural hill topography (below; photographed by I. Finkelstein). The original rocky surface of Khirbet ed-Dawara can be glimpsed in the excavation area only slightly below the present-day surface and in the surrounding hilly landscape. This site is a fortified rural settlement situated in the Jerusalem area and dated to the Iron Age IIA period at the beginning of the 1st millennium BCE.</p

Taxonomic incidence and sample sizes across the study sites.

<p>*For site names see <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0091795#pone.0091795.s003" target="_blank">Table S1</a>.</p

Observed and expected taxonomic richness (number of taxa) in urban and rural sites.

<p>Expected richness is based on modern distributions of species modeled with GIS. Distribution map of taxonomic richness for the taxa included in this study, based on maps in Mendelssohn and Yom-Tov <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0091795#pone.0091795-Mendelssohn2" target="_blank">[62]</a> is shown on right. Darker shades in the map indicate higher numbers of taxa.</p

All data used in the article

List of the specimens used in the study with reference to the museum collection, specimen ID, wild or domestic status, country of origin or breed, group of age and raw 3D coordinate

SI Figure 1: A depiction of the location and number of homologous landmarks used in the analysis. from A test for paedomorphism in domestic pig cranial morphology

Thirty-six unilateral, three-dimensional coordinates were taken from the right hand side of the crania. In green the landmarks used for the neurocranial analysis, in red landmarks used for the facial analysis. See SI-table 1 for an anatomical description of the landmarks

SI Table 1: List of all specimens included in the study. Juvenile: 0-3 months, before the eruption of all deciduous teeth, sub-adult: 3-15 months, and adult: over 15months, after deciduous teeth being replaced by permanent teeth. from A test for paedomorphism in domestic pig cranial morphology

Juvenile: 0-3 months, before the eruption of all deciduous teeth, sub-adult: 3-15 months, and adult: over 15months, after deciduous teeth being replaced by permanent teeth