Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis
New stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic values of charred plant and bone collagen remains from 6th mill. BCE Halai, central Greece, together with datasets from 6th mill. BCE Kouphovouno, southern Greece, and later 6th/early 5th mill. BCE Makriyalos, northern Greece, d...
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2021
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| author | Vaiglova, P Coleman, J Diffey, C Melanie, F Pappa, M Halstead, P Valamoti, S Cavanagh, W Renard, J Buckley, M Bogaard, AMY |
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| description | New stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic values of charred plant and bone collagen remains from 6th mill. BCE Halai, central Greece, together with datasets from 6th mill. BCE Kouphovouno, southern Greece, and later 6th/early 5th mill. BCE Makriyalos, northern Greece, demonstrate how early farming communities in mainland Greece adapted mixed farming strategies to distinct local environmental and cultural settings. Intra-site similarities or differences in δ13C and δ15N values of distinct crop species, along with the intra-species variabilities in stable isotopic values, are used to assess the cultivation choices that farmers at the three sites made to fulfill distinct economic goals. At Halai, farmers cultivated multiple crops under variable soil conditions, a strategy likely geared towards minimizing overall risk in a relatively arid coastal setting. At better-watered Kouphovouno, by contrast, farmers practiced strategic manuring to maximize the yield of free-threshing wheat, likely grown exclusively for human consumption and rotated with nitrogen-fixing pulses. At Makriyalos, the limited sample size of cereal remains suggests a lack of intensive manuring, in contrast to the two other sites. Assessment of which crops may have been consumed by livestock sheds further light on symbiotic relationships between crop cultivation and animal husbandry. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:eebcfe5f-5ed7-484f-91a3-3f749e8c5f7a2022-07-18T09:12:52ZExploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysisJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:eebcfe5f-5ed7-484f-91a3-3f749e8c5f7aEnglishSymplectic ElementsTaylor and Francis2021Vaiglova, PColeman, JDiffey, CMelanie, FPappa, MHalstead, PValamoti, SCavanagh, WRenard, JBuckley, MBogaard, AMYNew stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotopic values of charred plant and bone collagen remains from 6th mill. BCE Halai, central Greece, together with datasets from 6th mill. BCE Kouphovouno, southern Greece, and later 6th/early 5th mill. BCE Makriyalos, northern Greece, demonstrate how early farming communities in mainland Greece adapted mixed farming strategies to distinct local environmental and cultural settings. Intra-site similarities or differences in δ13C and δ15N values of distinct crop species, along with the intra-species variabilities in stable isotopic values, are used to assess the cultivation choices that farmers at the three sites made to fulfill distinct economic goals. At Halai, farmers cultivated multiple crops under variable soil conditions, a strategy likely geared towards minimizing overall risk in a relatively arid coastal setting. At better-watered Kouphovouno, by contrast, farmers practiced strategic manuring to maximize the yield of free-threshing wheat, likely grown exclusively for human consumption and rotated with nitrogen-fixing pulses. At Makriyalos, the limited sample size of cereal remains suggests a lack of intensive manuring, in contrast to the two other sites. Assessment of which crops may have been consumed by livestock sheds further light on symbiotic relationships between crop cultivation and animal husbandry. |
| spellingShingle | Vaiglova, P Coleman, J Diffey, C Melanie, F Pappa, M Halstead, P Valamoti, S Cavanagh, W Renard, J Buckley, M Bogaard, AMY Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis |
| title | Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis |
| title_full | Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis |
| title_fullStr | Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis |
| title_short | Exploring diversity in Neolithic agropastoral management in mainland Greece using stable isotope analysis |
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