| Autor: |
Rosalind Gillis, Iain Kendall, Mélanie Roffet-Salque, Marco Zanon, Alexandra Anders, Rose-Marie Arbogast, Peter Bogucki, Veronika Brychova, Emmanuelle Casanova, Erich Claßen, Piroska Csengeri, Lech Czerniak, László Domboróczki, Denis Fiorillo, Detlef Gronenborn, Lamys Hachem, János Jakucs, Micheal Ilet, Kyra Lyublyanovics, Eva Lenneis, Arkadiusz Marciniak, Tibor Marton, Krisztián Oross, Juraj Pavúk, Joachim Pechtl, Joanna Pyzel, Peter Stadler, Harald Stäuble, Ivana Vostrovská, Ivo van Wijk, null Vigne, Marie Balasse, Richard Evershed |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| DOI: |
10.21203/rs.3.rs-1419935/v1 |
| Popis: |
Stable isotope signatures of domesticates found on archaeology sites provide information about past human behaviour, such as the evolution and adaptation of husbandry strategies. A dynamic phase in cattle husbandry evolution is during the 6th millennium BCE, where the first cattle herders of central Europe spread rapidly through diverse forested ecological niches, where little is known about pasturing strategies. Here we investigate cattle pasturing and foddering practices using a multi-regional dataset of stable isotope values (δ13C and δ18O; compound-specific stable isotopic analysis δ15N-amino acids and δ13C-dairy fats) measured from cattle bone and teeth, and pottery residues from early farming contexts, and palaeoenvironmental information. Our analysis reveals that farmers practiced different pasturing strategies with the intensive use of forested ecosystems in some areas for both graze and seasonal forage. We propose that the diversity of strategies is related to the adaptation of herding to new environments, which had a positive impact on cattle breeding and milk availability for human consumption. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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