Seaweed-eating sheep and the adaptation of husbandry in Neolithic Orkney: new insights from Skara Brae
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DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2019.95
Abstract: Abstract The Neolithisation of Europe involved socio-economic and biological adaptations to new environments. The use of seaweed as livestock fodder, for example, was key to the introduction of animal husbandry to the Orkney archipelago, c.… read more here.
Keywords: skara brae; seaweed eating; adaptation husbandry; sheep adaptation ... See more keywords