The number of published studies using geometric morphometrics (GM) for analysing biological shape has increased steadily since the beginning of the 1990s, covering multiple …
Archaeological evidence indicates that pig domestication had begun by∼ 10,500 y before the present (BP) in the Near East, and mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that pigs …
M Price, H Hongo - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2020 - Springer
The multifaceted behavioral and ecological flexibility of pigs and wild boar (Sus scrofa) makes study of their domestication both complex and of broad anthropological significance …
The first spread of farming practices into Europe in the Neolithic period involves two distinct'streams', respectively around the Mediterranean littoral and along the Danube …
The Old World farming system arose in the semi-arid Mediterranean environments of southwest Asia. Pioneer farmers settling the interior of the Balkans by the early sixth …
This paper seeks to reconstruct the management of food resources in the early Neolithic site of Cabecicos Negros in southeastern Spain. For this purpose, we have studied 29 potsherds …
Domestic animals are ubiquitous. In contrast to the biodiversity crisis currently impacting many kinds of animals and plants, not a single domesticated species is endangered …
T Cucchi, L Dai, M Balasse, C Zhao, J Gao, Y Hu… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Pigs have played a major role in the economic, social and symbolic systems of China since the Early Neolithic more than 8,000 years ago. However, the interaction between the history …
Pigs are among the most peculiar animals domesticated in the Ancient Near East. Their story, from domestication to taboo, has fascinated historians, archaeologists, and religious …