At the onset of settled pastoralism – Implications of archaeozoological and isotope analyses from Bronze age sites in the North Caucasus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14978277 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Reinhold (0000-0002-8107-6300), Daniele Moscone (0000-0002-9856-6429), Norbert Benecke (0000-0003-2388-8594), C Knipper (0000-0002-4274-4636), Dirk Mariaschk (0000-0002-9462-0870), Svend Hansen (0000-0002-6714-4629), Sandra Pichler (0000-0002-5557-1674), Claudia Gerling (0000-0003-4619-7032), A P Buzhilova (0000-0001-6398-2177), Tatyana A Mishina, Dmitriy S Korobov, Andrey B Belinskiy |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 700-701 |
| Pages | 50-67 |
| Publication date | 2024-08-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2023.05.008 |
| OpenAlex | W4378574107 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 31 |
Bioarchaeological studies provide a valuable contribution to the understanding of the economy and activities of prehistoric populations in mountain regions. The Late Bronze Age in the Caucasus is an epoch of fundamental transformations that is accompanied by the development of a semi-stationary pastoral economy and ultimately by the emergence of combined mountain agriculture. So far, only a few archaeozoological assemblages from this period have been published. The site of Ransyrt-1 in the North Caucasus offers a substantial collection of bone material from the remains of a mountain sanctuary. Analysis of the animal remains as well as preliminary isotopic analyses of strontium, oxygen, and carbon shed light on animal exploitation at this site. Comparisons with slightly later settlements in the North and South Caucasus illustrate the development of intensive livestock management strategies in the Late Bronze Age in this region at the interface between Southwest Asia and the Eurasian steppe
Archaeology · Bronze · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Geography · Human settlement · Iron Age · Livestock · Pastoralism · Period (music · Prehistory · Radiocarbon dating · Steppe · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Forestry
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| Citations per year | 2.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |