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The origins and spread of stock-keeping

The role of cultural and environmental influences on early Neolithic animal exploitation in Europe

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ID7656341
AuthorsKatie Manning (0000-0002-8512-156X, University College London), Downey (0000-0001-7671-6759, University College London), Sean S Downey, Sue Colledge (0000-0002-1112-0978, University College London), James Conolly (0000-0001-7609-7062, Trent University), Barbara Stopp (0000-0002-0875-0493, Amt für Archäologie), Keith Dobney (0000-0001-9036-4681, University of Aberdeen), Shennan (0000-0001-6605-064X, University College London), Stephen Shennan
Year2013
Volume87
Issue338
Pages1046-1059
Publication date2013-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAntiquity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0003598x00049851
OpenAlexW2131237347
LanguageEN
Citations received38
References cited15

It has long been recognised that the proportions of Neolithic domestic animal species—cattle, pig and sheep/goat—vary from region to region, but it has hitherto been unclear how much this variability is related to cultural practices or to environmental constraints. This study uses hundreds of faunal assemblages from across Neolithic Europe to reveal the distribution of animal use between north and south, east and west. The remarkable results present us with a geography of Neolithic animal society—from the rabbit-loving Mediterranean to the beef-eaters of the north and west. They also demonstrate that the choices made by early Neolithic herders were largely determined by their environments. Cultural links appear to have played only a minor role in the species composition of early Neolithic animal societies

Animal species · Archaeology · Biology · Distribution (mathematics) · Domestication · Ethnology · Geography · Mediterranean climate · Stock (firearms) · Zoology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · History · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology

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Citation span2014 - 2026 (13)
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