A study which aims to assess the importance of animals to the Late Neolithic community of Sabi Abyad in northern Syria and the broader significance of the evidence from this site for our understanding of the Halafian Culture of the later 6th millennium BC. Based on her doctoral research, Chiara Cavallo presents a detailed study of the faunal remains from the site, including ovicaprids, bovids, suids, equids, gazelle and other smaller species, as well as discussing the background to the settlement, the palaeoenvironmental and zooarchaeological evidence.