Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe: New zooarchaeological and stable isotopic data from late 7th-early 6th millennium BC Džuljunica-Smărdeš, Bulgaria
| Autor: | Canan Çakirlar, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Youri van den Hurk, Donna de Groene, Petar Zidarov, Nedko Elenski |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Groningen Institute of Archaeology, Archaeology of Northwestern Europe |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
010506 paleontology
Archeology 060102 archaeology biology Ecology 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Domestic cattle Geography Wild boar Anthropology biology.animal Assemblage (archaeology) 0601 history and archaeology South eastern Zooarchaeology 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Documenta Praehistorica, 45, 38-51 Documenta Praehistorica, 45, 38-50. Univerze v Ljubljani |
| ISSN: | 1408-967X |
| Popis: | The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present in the zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, in contrast, is extremely rare. It is not known if the earliest Neolithic people in Europe did rear domestic pigs, practised some form of pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates the human pig relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns and isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological approach, it might be possible to characterize human-suid relationships in this pivotal Early Neolithic site with greater accuracy. Understanding this relationship at this site contributes to the broader debate on how Neolithisation and domesticates spread through Europe, and which bio-cultural mechanisms were responsible for differential patterns of animal exploitation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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