Distinguishing wild boar from domestic pigs in prehistory: a review of approaches and recent results

P Rowley-Conwy, U Albarella, K Dobney - Journal of world prehistory, 2012 - Springer
New methods permit archaeologists to distinguish between wild boar and domestic pigs with
greater confidence than has been hitherto possible. Metrical methods are the most …

Size and shape of the Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), with a view to the reconstruction of its Holocene history

U Albarella, K Dobney… - Environmental …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
A large assortment of skulls and skeletons of recent wild boar (Sus scrofa) from across the
world has been used to collect tooth and bone measurements that can be compared to …

Ancient DNA, pig domestication, and the spread of the Neolithic into Europe

G Larson, U Albarella, K Dobney… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
The Neolithic Revolution began 11,000 years ago in the Near East and preceded a
westward migration into Europe of distinctive cultural groups and their agricultural …

The long and winding road: identifying pig domestication through molar size and shape

A Evin, T Cucchi, A Cardini, US Vidarsdottir… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The ability to document the effects of domestication from archaeological remains of animals
and plants is essential for reconstructing the history of one of the most important transitions …

The archaeology of pig domestication in Eurasia

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 development of animal husbandry from the Late Iron Age to the end of the Roman period: a case study from South-East Britain

U Albarella, C Johnstone, K Vickers - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2008 - Elsevier
In this paper zooarchaeological evidence from Iron Age and Roman sites in South-East
Britain is presented and the results are applied to the continuing debate over culture contact …

Feeding Stonehenge: cuisine and consumption at the Late Neolithic site of Durrington Walls

OE Craig, LM Shillito, U Albarella, S Viner-Daniels… - Antiquity, 2015 - cambridge.org
The discovery of Neolithic houses at Durrington Walls that are contemporary with the main
construction phase of Stonehenge raised questions as to their interrelationship. Was …

Pre-Roman improvements to agricultural production: Evidence from livestock husbandry in late prehistoric Italy

A Trentacoste, A Nieto-Espinet, S Valenzuela-Lamas - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Domestication of wild cattle, sheep, and pigs began a process of body size diminution. In
most of Western Europe this process continued across prehistory and was not reversed until …

[HTML][HTML] zoolog R package: Zooarchaeological analysis with log-ratios

JM Pozo, A Trentacoste, A Nieto-Espinet… - Quaternary …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Log Size Indexes (LSI) allow the increase of the number of data and have been
used in a number of zooarchaeological studies since 1950. However, some standards to …

New trajectories or accelerating change? Zooarchaeological evidence for Roman transformation of animal husbandry in Northern Italy

A Trentacoste, A Nieto-Espinet, S Guimarães… - Archaeological and …, 2021 - Springer
Throughout the Western provinces of the Roman Empire, greater economic and political
connectivity had a major impact on agricultural production, which grew in scale and …