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Cattle husbandry and aurochs hunting in the Neolithic of northern Central Europe and southern Scandinavia. A statistical approach to distinguish between domestic and wild forms

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ID12370964
AutoresUlrich Schmölcke (0000-0002-8974-449X, Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA) Schloss Gottorf Schleswig Germany), D Gro (0000-0002-1328-1134, Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology (ZBSA) Schloss Gottorf Schleswig Germany, autor de correspondencia)
Año2020
Volumen31
Número1
Páginas108-118
Fecha de publicación2020-10-10
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1047-482X • E-ISSN: 1099-1212
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/oa.2929
OpenAlexW3092037787
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas49

It is a well‐known and geographically widespread problem in archaeozoology that the discrimination between remains of domesticated animals and their wild ancestors is not always possible. Due to an overlap in size as well as other features, substantial parts of bone and teeth assemblages sometimes cannot be assigned either to the wild or the domestic form. In this paper, we apply the logarithmic size index (LSI) method as a tool for discrimination between aurochs ( Bos primigenius ) and domestic cattle ( Bos primigenius f. taurus). By comparing LSI data from definite aurochs with data from Neolithic bovids within a limited geographical area, we show that the overlap of both groups is larger than previously thought. Our analysis also shows that the LSI width values are suited for both differentiating domesticated versus wild animals and sexes within the single groups. For future studies but also for correcting known results, we present division lines between LSI values of aurochs and cattle. The analysed data indicate that female and male aurochs had comparable heights, whereas the latter had a generally more sturdy physique in southern Scandinavia. We consequently expect that the investigated Middle Neolithic assemblages contain a significantly higher number of aurochs bones than previously assumed

Agriculture · Animal husbandry · Archaeology · Biology · Bovidae · Domestic animal · Domestication · Geography · Zoology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology

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