Neolithic shepherds and sheepfold caves in Southern France and adjacent areas: An overview from 40 years of bioarchaeological analyses

C Delhon, L Martin, S Thiébault - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
In southern France, the analysis of fossil dung layers from caves and shelters occupied by
the first Neolithic farmers has provided a wealth of information about the lives of shepherds …

[HTML][HTML] Survival of Late Pleistocene hunter-gatherer ancestry in the Iberian Peninsula

V Villalba-Mouco, MS van de Loosdrecht, C Posth… - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Summary The Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe represents an important test case
for the study of human population movements during prehistoric periods. During the Last …

[HTML][HTML] Livestock activity biomarkers: Estimating domestication and diet of livestock in ancient samples

C Vázquez, A Vallejo, JM Verges, RJ Barrio - Journal of Archaeological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Faecal matter is commonly recovered from archaeological sites related to human/animal
activity. The identification of its source is essential to understand the domestication process …

Integrative approaches to the study of animal management practices during the Neolithic of South Iberian Peninsula: the case of El Toro cave (Antequera, Málaga …

V Navarrete, A Sierra, R Alcàntara… - Archaeological and …, 2024 - Springer
The introduction and adoption of livestock played a pivotal role in shaping subsistence
strategies of populations in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Neolithic. However …

Sheep husbandry in the early Neolithic of the Pyrenees: New data on feeding and reproduction in the cave of Chaves

A Sierra, M Balasse, F Rivals, D Fiorillo, P Utrilla… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Sheep predominate the Early Neolithic faunal assemblages in the Iberian
Peninsula. Their exploitation for meat and milk production made them key to the economy of …

La necrópolis calcolítica de Los Millares: dataciones radiocarbónicas y valoración de la dieta y del medio ambiente a partir del análisis de isótopos estables

F Molina, F Molina González, A Delgado Huertas… - 2020 - digibug.ugr.es
Se presentan en este estudio los resultados de los análisis isotópicos realizados sobre una
muestra de restos humanos de la necrópolis calcolítica de Los Millares. Para proceder a su …

Isotopic evidence of strong reliance on animal foods and dietary heterogeneity among Early-Middle Neolithic communities of Iberia

T Fernández-Crespo, RJ Schulting, J Ordoño… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope research on past populations in the Iberian Neolithic has
emphasized the Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts. This study provides the first isotopic …

Stable isotope evidence of human diet in Mediterranean context during the Last Glacial Maximum

DG Drucker, YI Naito, N Coromina, I Rufí… - Journal of Human …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Final Gravettian in Europe overlapped with the cold and dry climatic event of
Heinrich 2 (ca. 27–23.5 kyr cal BP), which caused the contraction of human distribution over …

Diet, mobility and death of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic groups of the Cantabrian Region (northern Spain). A multidisciplinary approach towards studying the Los …

B González-Rabanal, AB Marín-Arroyo… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper reconstructs the diet and lifeways of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic farming
groups in the Cantabrian Region (northern Spain) using human remains found at Los …

Early husbandry practices in highland areas during the Neolithic: the case of Coro Trasito cave (Huesca, Spain)

V Navarrete, A Viñerta, I Clemente-Conte… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Research on animal management strategies in high mountain areas during the early
Neolithic (5,700–4,500 cal BC) has been conditioned by the presumption that human …