Abstract
The biennial meeting of the Archaeozoologists of Southwest Asia (ASWA) Working Group is an excellent barometer of the health and status of archazoological research in this pivotal world area. The geographic focus of this group encompasses the territory from the Southern Sinai to northwestern Anatolia, from the Eastern Mediterranean to the Iranian Plateau. It also includes adjacent areas that border this vast area to the west, north, south, and east. The temporal reach of this working group encompasses all of human history in this region, from the Lower Paleolithic to the present day. The range of problems that occupy researchers who attend this meeting are among the most enduring in human history and include the earliest dispersal of hominines into and across this region, the origins or agriculture, and the rise and fall of cities. As such, the papers presented at ASWA meetings provide a comprehensive overview of what researchers working on these problems are thinking and accomplishing. The most recent ASWA meeting in Lyon (June 28th •July 1st 2006) provided an especially informative status report on archaeozoological research in this area, its successes, its challenges, and its future directions.
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