Vertical transhumance of sheep and goats identified by intra-tooth sequential carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic analyses: Evidence from Chalcolithic Köşk Höyük, central Turkey
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2017.01.003
Abstract: Abstract Vertical transhumance is a crucial animal management strategy that provides livestock with fresh pasture on a seasonal basis while simultaneously expanding the scale of landscape usage by the pastoralist component of complex agro-pastoralist societies.… read more here.
Keywords: carbon; transhumance; intra tooth; isotopic ... See more keywords
Sequential δ13C and δ18O analyses of early Holocene bovid tooth enamel: Resolving vertical transhumance in Neolithic domesticated sheep and goats
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DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2017.01.028
Abstract: Abstract Vertical transhumance is an important animal husbandry strategy that provides livestock with consistent access to pasture throughout the year and contributed to the intensification of sheep and goat husbandry in the Near East over… read more here.
Keywords: transhumance; domesticated sheep; isotopic; tooth enamel ... See more keywords