Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel.
Animal mobility is a common strategy to overcome scarcity of food and the related over-grazing of pastures. It is also essential to reduce the inbreeding rate of animal populations, which is known to have a negative impact on fertility and productivity. The present paper shows the geographic range o...
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| author | Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas Hector A Orengo Delphine Bosch Maura Pellegrini Paul Halstead Ariadna Nieto-Espinet Angela Trentacoste Sergio Jiménez-Manchón Dani López-Reyes Rafel Jornet-Niella |
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| description | Animal mobility is a common strategy to overcome scarcity of food and the related over-grazing of pastures. It is also essential to reduce the inbreeding rate of animal populations, which is known to have a negative impact on fertility and productivity. The present paper shows the geographic range of sheep provisioning in different phases of occupation at the Iron Age site of Turó de la Font de la Canya (7th to 3rd centuries BC). Strontium isotope ratios from 34 archaeological sheep and goat enamel, two archaeological bones and 14 modern tree leaves are presented. The isotopic results suggest that sheep and goats consumed at the site were reared locally (within a few kilometres radius) during the whole period of occupation. The paper discusses the isotopic results in light of the socio-political structure of this period, as complex, strongly territorial societies developed during the Iron Age in the north-east Iberian Peninsula. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bc33eef89eaf44d98921bed48bc84e202022-12-22T01:24:06ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032018-01-011310e020528310.1371/journal.pone.0205283Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel.Silvia Valenzuela-LamasHector A OrengoDelphine BoschMaura PellegriniPaul HalsteadAriadna Nieto-EspinetAngela TrentacosteSergio Jiménez-ManchónDani López-ReyesRafel Jornet-NiellaAnimal mobility is a common strategy to overcome scarcity of food and the related over-grazing of pastures. It is also essential to reduce the inbreeding rate of animal populations, which is known to have a negative impact on fertility and productivity. The present paper shows the geographic range of sheep provisioning in different phases of occupation at the Iron Age site of Turó de la Font de la Canya (7th to 3rd centuries BC). Strontium isotope ratios from 34 archaeological sheep and goat enamel, two archaeological bones and 14 modern tree leaves are presented. The isotopic results suggest that sheep and goats consumed at the site were reared locally (within a few kilometres radius) during the whole period of occupation. The paper discusses the isotopic results in light of the socio-political structure of this period, as complex, strongly territorial societies developed during the Iron Age in the north-east Iberian Peninsula.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6209160?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Valenzuela-Lamas Hector A Orengo Delphine Bosch Maura Pellegrini Paul Halstead Ariadna Nieto-Espinet Angela Trentacoste Sergio Jiménez-Manchón Dani López-Reyes Rafel Jornet-Niella Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel. PLoS ONE |
| title | Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel. |
| title_full | Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel. |
| title_fullStr | Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel. |
| title_short | Shipping amphorae and shipping sheep? Livestock mobility in the north-east Iberian peninsula during the Iron Age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel. |
| title_sort | shipping amphorae and shipping sheep livestock mobility in the north east iberian peninsula during the iron age based on strontium isotopic analyses of sheep and goat tooth enamel |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6209160?pdf=render |
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