Gaining traction on cattle exploitation: Zooarchaeological evidence from the Neolithic Western Balkans
Authors: Gaastra, J.S., Greenfield, H.J., Linden, M.V.
Journal: Antiquity
Publication Date: 01/12/2018
Volume: 92
Issue: 366
Pages: 1429-1444
ISSN: 0003-598X
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2018.178
Abstract: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 identification of the less specialised exploitation of animals for traction during the European Neolithic. This study presents zooarchaeological evidence - in the form of sub-pathological alterations to cattle foot bones - for the exploitation of cattle for the occasional pulling of heavy loads, or 'light' traction. The analysis and systematic comparison of material from 11 Neolithic sites in the Western Balkans (c. 6100-4500 cal BC) provides the earliest direct evidence for the use of cattle for such a purpose.
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/33612/
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Gaining traction on cattle exploitation: zooarchaeological evidence from the Neolithic Western Balkans
Authors: Gaastra, J.S., Greenfield, H.J., Vander Linden, M.
Journal: ANTIQUITY
Publication Date: 12/2018
Volume: 92
Issue: 366
Pages: 1462-1477
eISSN: 1745-1744
ISSN: 0003-598X
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2018.178
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/33612/
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Gaining traction on cattle exploitation: zooarchaeological evidence from the western Balkan Neolithic (6000-4500 cal BC).
Authors: Gaastra, J., Greenfield, H., Vander Linden, M.
Journal: Antiquity: a quarterly review of archaeology
Publication Date: 01/12/2018
Volume: 92
Issue: 366
Pages: 1462-1477
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISSN: 0003-598X
DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2018.178
Abstract:This study examines sub-pathological alterations to cattle foot bones from eleven central and western Balkan Neolithic sites (c.61/6000 to 4500 cal BC). Systematic comparisons of bone remodelling in those elements shown to be most directly affected by traction is used to determine the potential use of cattle as engines across this region throughout the period. This study provides the earliest direct evidence for the use of cattle for light traction, long before the hard usage pathological evidence previously observed
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/33612/
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