Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe

Pigs and humans in Early Neolithic South-eastern Europe

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...

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Main Authors:	Donna de Groene, Petar Zidarov, Nedko Elenski, Youri van den Hurk, Thijs van Kolfschoten, Canan Çakirlar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2018-12-01
Series:	Documenta Praehistorica
Subjects:	Neolithic, Bulgaria, zooarchaeology, pig domestication, stable isotopic analysis
Online Access:	https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/8049

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