[HTML][HTML] Sheepfold caves under study: A review of zooarchaeological approaches to old and new-fashioned research questions

P Martin, C Tornero - Quaternary International, 2024 - Elsevier
Since the implementation of herding in the Neolithic period, specialized areas for livestock
activities have emerged in the Western Mediterranean region, such as some caves and …

[HTML][HTML] Paternal origins and migratory episodes of domestic sheep

J Deng, XL Xie, DF Wang, C Zhao, FH Lv, X Li, J Yang… - Current Biology, 2020 - cell.com
The domestication and subsequent global dispersal of livestock are crucial events in human
history, but the migratory episodes during the history of livestock remain poorly documented …

[HTML][HTML] Human adaptation to Holocene environments: Perspectives and promise from China

E Berger, K Brunson, B Kaufman, GA Lee, X Liu… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper reviews recent archaeological research on human-environment interaction in the
Holocene, taking continental China as its geographic focus. As China is large …

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 …

ZooMS confirms geometric morphometrics species identification of ancient sheep and goat

M Jeanjean, K McGrath… - Royal Society …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Geometric morphometrics can effectively distinguish isolated third lower molars of present-
day sheep and goat, but its applicability to archaeological specimens has yet to be …

Approaching sheep herds origins and the emergence of the wool economy in continental Europe during the Bronze Age

S Sabatini, S Bergerbrant, LØ Brandt… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
In recent years, extensive archaeological studies have provided us with new knowledge on
wool and woollen textile production in continental Europe during the Bronze Age …

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 …

Sorting the sheep from the goats in the Pastoral Neolithic: morphological and biomolecular approaches at Luxmanda, Tanzania

ME Prendergast, A Janzen, M Buckley… - Archaeological and …, 2019 - Springer
Large-scale reconstructions of the spread of food production systems require fine-scale
analyses of dietary evidence. One current impediment to understanding early African …

Palaeoproteomics gives new insight into early southern African pastoralism

L Le Meillour, S Zirah, A Zazzo, S Cersoy, F Détroit… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
The advent of domestication is a major step that transformed the subsistence strategies of
past human societies. In Africa, domestic caprines (sheep and goat) were introduced in the …

Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa

C Culley, A Janzen, S Brown… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The human colonization of eastern Africa's near-and offshore islands was accompanied by
the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long …