عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
شماره کتابشناسی ملی
شماره
LA113586
زبان اثر
زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن
انگلیسی
عنوان و نام پديدآور
عنوان اصلي
Coprolites from Rock Shelters:
نام عام مواد
[Article]
ساير اطلاعات عنواني
Hunter-Gatherers "Herding" Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara
نام نخستين پديدآور
Rocco Rotunno, Anna Maria Mercuri, Assunta Florenzano, et al.
وضعیت نشر و پخش و غیره
محل نشرو پخش و غیره
Leiden
نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره
Brill
یادداشتهای مربوط به خلاصه یا چکیده
متن يادداشت
Archaeological deposits in rock shelters have enormous informative potential, particularly in arid environments where organic materials are well preserved. In these areas, sub-fossilized coprolites and dung remains have been identified as valuable proxies for inferences about past environments, subsistence economies and cultural trajectories. Here we present a multidisciplinary analysis of bovid (ovicaprine) coprolites collected from the Early Holocene hunter-gatherer occupation at Takarkori rock shelter (SW Libya, central Sahara). Our results show that Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) were managed as early as ~9500 years cal BP, mostly with the rearing of juveniles. Palynological analysis of individual pellets suggests a seasonal confinement of the animals and the selection of fodder. GIS analysis of coprolite distribution also indicates sophisticated strategies of Barbary sheep "herding" and spatial differentiation of specialized areas within the rock shelter, including the construction and use of a stone-based enclosure for corralling animals. These highly structured and organized forms of control over wild animals are interpreted as a potential co-evolutionary trigger for the subsequent rapid adoption and integration of the incoming pastoral Neolithic economy. Archaeological deposits in rock shelters have enormous informative potential, particularly in arid environments where organic materials are well preserved. In these areas, sub-fossilized coprolites and dung remains have been identified as valuable proxies for inferences about past environments, subsistence economies and cultural trajectories. Here we present a multidisciplinary analysis of bovid (ovicaprine) coprolites collected from the Early Holocene hunter-gatherer occupation at Takarkori rock shelter (SW Libya, central Sahara). Our results show that Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) were managed as early as ~9500 years cal BP, mostly with the rearing of juveniles. Palynological analysis of individual pellets suggests a seasonal confinement of the animals and the selection of fodder. GIS analysis of coprolite distribution also indicates sophisticated strategies of Barbary sheep "herding" and spatial differentiation of specialized areas within the rock shelter, including the construction and use of a stone-based enclosure for corralling animals. These highly structured and organized forms of control over wild animals are interpreted as a potential co-evolutionary trigger for the subsequent rapid adoption and integration of the incoming pastoral Neolithic economy.
مجموعه
تاريخ نشر
2019
توصيف ظاهري
76-94
عنوان
Journal of African Archaeology
شماره جلد
17/1
شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها
2191-5784
اصطلاحهای موضوعی کنترل نشده
اصطلاح موضوعی
corralling
اصطلاح موضوعی
hunter-gatherers
اصطلاح موضوعی
multiporate pollen
اصطلاح موضوعی
spatial analysis
اصطلاح موضوعی
Tadrart Acacus
اصطلاح موضوعی
wild animal management
نام شخص به منزله سر شناسه - (مسئولیت معنوی درجه اول )
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Andrea Zerboni
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Anna Maria Mercuri
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Assunta Florenzano
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Rocco Rotunno
مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده
Savino di Lernia
شماره دستیابی
شماره بازیابی
10.1163/21915784-20190005
دسترسی و محل الکترونیکی
نام الکترونيکي
مطالعه متن کتاب وضعیت انتشار
فرمت انتشار
p
اطلاعات رکورد کتابشناسی
نوع ماده
[Article]
کد کاربرگه
275578
اطلاعات دسترسی رکورد
سطح دسترسي
a
تكميل شده
Y
