Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.

Late Neolithic Vinča communities, spread over much of central and northern Balkans during the late sixth to mid-fifth millennium BC and characterised by unusually large and densely population centres, would have required highly organised food production systems. Zooarchaeological analysis indicates...

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Autores principales:	Rosalind E Gillis, Jelena Bulatović, Kristina Penezić, Miloš Spasić, Nenad N Tasić, Cheryl A Makarewicz
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d71a05b2f0f54b34878255e0c8168ab62021-12-02T20:13:47ZOf herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0258230https://doaj.org/article/d71a05b2f0f54b34878255e0c8168ab62021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0258230https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Late Neolithic Vinča communities, spread over much of central and northern Balkans during the late sixth to mid-fifth millennium BC and characterised by unusually large and densely population centres, would have required highly organised food production systems. Zooarchaeological analysis indicates that domesticate livestock were herded, but little is known about the seasonal husbandry practices that helped ensure a steady supply of animal products to Vinča farming communities. Here, we present new stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic measurements of incremental bioapatite samples from the teeth of domesticated livestock and wild herbivore teeth from two late Neolithic Vinča culture sites: Vinča-Belo brdo and Stubline (Serbia). Our results show a low variation overall within sheep and goats in terms of pasture type that may have been composed of seasonal halophyte plant communities, which have higher δ13C values due to the saline rich growing environments. Cattle feeding strategies were more variable and provided with supplementary forage, such as cut branches or leafy hay, during winter. The sharp distinction in the management of cattle and sheep/goat may be associated with the development of herding strategies that sought to balance livestock feeding behaviours with available forage or, more provocatively, the emergence of household-based control over cattle-an animal that held a central economic and symbolic role in Vinča societies.Rosalind E GillisJelena BulatovićKristina PenezićMiloš SpasićNenad N TasićCheryl A MakarewiczPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 10, p e0258230 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Rosalind E Gillis Jelena Bulatović Kristina Penezić Miloš Spasić Nenad N Tasić Cheryl A Makarewicz Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
description	Late Neolithic Vinča communities, spread over much of central and northern Balkans during the late sixth to mid-fifth millennium BC and characterised by unusually large and densely population centres, would have required highly organised food production systems. Zooarchaeological analysis indicates that domesticate livestock were herded, but little is known about the seasonal husbandry practices that helped ensure a steady supply of animal products to Vinča farming communities. Here, we present new stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic measurements of incremental bioapatite samples from the teeth of domesticated livestock and wild herbivore teeth from two late Neolithic Vinča culture sites: Vinča-Belo brdo and Stubline (Serbia). Our results show a low variation overall within sheep and goats in terms of pasture type that may have been composed of seasonal halophyte plant communities, which have higher δ13C values due to the saline rich growing environments. Cattle feeding strategies were more variable and provided with supplementary forage, such as cut branches or leafy hay, during winter. The sharp distinction in the management of cattle and sheep/goat may be associated with the development of herding strategies that sought to balance livestock feeding behaviours with available forage or, more provocatively, the emergence of household-based control over cattle-an animal that held a central economic and symbolic role in Vinča societies.
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author	Rosalind E Gillis Jelena Bulatović Kristina Penezić Miloš Spasić Nenad N Tasić Cheryl A Makarewicz
author_facet	Rosalind E Gillis Jelena Bulatović Kristina Penezić Miloš Spasić Nenad N Tasić Cheryl A Makarewicz
author_sort	Rosalind E Gillis
title	Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
title_short	Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
title_full	Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
title_fullStr	Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
title_full_unstemmed	Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
title_sort	of herds and societies-seasonal aspects of vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d71a05b2f0f54b34878255e0c8168ab6
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Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinča culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.

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