This paper discusses and synthesizes the consequences of the archaeogenetic revolution to
our understanding of mobility and social change during the Neolithic period in Europe (6500 …

Cultural evolutionary theory conceptualises culture as an information-transmission system
whose dynamics take on evolutionary properties. Within this framework, however, innovation …

Andrew Sherratt's model of the Secondary Products Revolution explored the effects of
changes in the scale and nature of domestic animal exploitation on Old World societies. He …

The study of the exploitation of animals for traction in prehistoric Europe has been linked to
the 'secondary products revolution'. Such an approach, however, leaves little scope for …

Objective This study--> provides a baseline of pathological and sub-pathological changes in
the lower-limb bones of a semi-feral herd of domestic cattle. The purpose is to refine an …

Purpose Improve understanding of the links between biological variables (sex, body size
and anatomical position) and adaptive remodelling of autopodia, and the identification of …

A large body of evidence testifies to the ideological significance of wheeled vehicles and
draught animals in large parts of Western Eurasia during the late 4th and 3rd millennium BC …

This article is concerned with the Eneolithic period in southeastern Europe, which
corresponds to a phase of increasing social complexity. We demonstrate that the …

Cattle traction was a technological innovation that made a significant impact on production,
individual and household wealth, and social organisation. Despite ongoing debates …

The exploitation of cattle labour in agriculture and transport, prior to large-scale
mechanisation, has significantly helped shape the development course of human societies …