Across the Indian Ocean: the prehistoric movement of plants and animals

Fuller, Dorian Q.; Boivin, Nicole; Hoogervorst, Tom; Allaby, Robin G.

doi:10.1017/s0003598x00067934

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“…Oka et al (2007) suggested that this clade originated in Southeast Asia and was first introduced to the Indian subcontinent before spreading to other regions. Previous reports (MacDonald and Edwards, 1993;Fuller et al, 2011;Mwacharo et al, 2013) suggested that, chickens may have first entered into Africa overland from the North area such as Egypt, and then dispersed into the South along the Nile valley to Nubia and after that in West Africa along the Sudano-Sahelian corridor. MacDonald and Edwards (1993) reported that chickens distributed into West Africa from the East African coast through the Sudano-Sahelian belt, occurred much later, those seems to be related to Indian Ocean trade networks.…”

Section: Network Analysis Of Haplotypesmentioning

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Genetic Diversity Analysis of Egyptian Native Chickens Using mtDNA D-loop Region

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This study was aimed to evaluate the genetic diversity of Egyptian native chickens by using mtDNA sequence polymorphism. A 546-bp fragment of the mtDNA D-loop region was sequenced for a total of 36 Egyptian native chickens with 14 reference sequences from DNA databank. Of the Egyptian chickens 5 haplotypes were identified. Haplotype diversity and nucleotide diversity of the Egyptian native chickens were 0.5635±0.0845 and 0.00123± 0.00108, respectively. The Egyptian native chickens were distributed within one clade, which were closed to the haplotypes from Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. Most of Egyptian native chickens were classified into the haplotype E1, which contains 63.9% of individuals followed by E4 (16.6%), E5 (11.1%), E2 (5.5%) and E3 (2.7%), respectively. These findings indicate that the maternal lineages was involved in the origin of domestic chicken in Egypt may have roots in Indian subcontinent and other Southeast Asia. The genetic information from this study will probably pave the way to further studies for evaluation, preservation and improvement of Egyptian native chickens as genetic resources in the future.

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Section: Network Analysis Of Haplotypesmentioning

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Genetic Diversity Analysis of Egyptian Native Chickens Using mtDNA D-loop Region

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“…Besides wine and animal fats, these vessels provided clear traces of cinnamon, nutmeg, and a wide range of other spices and resins (Gadot et al 2014;Koh et al 2014;Namdar et al 2010;Namdar et al 2013). This was the first evidence obtained for the use of these South and East Asian products in the Eastern Mediterranean, and presented a crucial contribution to the ongoing vibrant discussion on the spread of South and East Asian food to Africa and Europe (Fuller et al 2011).…”

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confidence: 69%

“…The intense worldwide exchange of food that we have been witnessing in the last centuries (cf. Wilk 2006) has its roots in the deep past: in the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant, it was already possible to import chicken from India and it could be spiced with South Asian pepper and cinnamon (Fuller et al 2011;Gadot et al 2014;Koh et al 2014). So far, our knowledge about the early Eastern Mediterranean cuisine is based on bits and pieces of information from different sites, e.g., the evidence for chicken has been found in the Mycenaean citadel of Tiryns in Late Bronze Age Greece (von den Driesch and Boessneck 1990), pepper was used for the mummification of Pharaoh Ramses II in the thirteenth century (Plu 1985), and all other spices have been identified with organic residue analyses in present-day Israel.…”

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confidence: 99%

Past Food for Thought: The Potential of Archaeology

Stockhammer

2016

Gastronomica

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Until recently, archaeologists have routinely connected a particular object with a certain function and meaning—especially with regard to eating and drinking practices—and have underestimated the transformative power of intercultural encounters. In my article, I explore the dynamic relationship between food “stuffs” and the objects and practices connected with their consumption. Adopting a transcultural perspective, I want to focus on the changeability of the relation between food “stuffs,” objects, and practices and individual objects’ biographies of usage. I will illustrate my methodological approach with case studies from the late second millennium BCE Eastern Mediterranean where objects for food consumption were widely distributed—and have thus far been interpreted as evidence for the spread of certain practices of consumption over the whole region. By analyzing regional processes of appropriation of these objects I will shed light on the astonishing transformations of their functions and meanings.

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“…Tampa, FL (USA) archaeological evidence collected as part of the multidisciplinary Sealinks Project (funded by the European Research Council). Sealinks has undertaken field investigations in eastern Africa in order to examine the emergence and impact of early trading networks across the Indian Ocean (Fuller & Boivin 2009;Fuller et al, 2011Fuller et al, , 2014Boivin et al, 2012Boivin et al, , 2013Boivin et al, , 2014Helm et al 2012;Shipton et al, 2013;Crowther et al, 2014a,b).…”

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confidence: 99%