Diet of aurochs and early cattle in southern Scandinavia: evidence from 15N and 13C stable isotopes

Noe‐Nygaard, Nanna; Price, T. Douglas; Hede, Signe Ulfeldt

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2005.01.004

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“…Her data from modern deer from known environments demonstrated that the openness of browsing environments does affect isotope values in deer in this region. A later study of both aurochs and early cattle (Noe-Nygaard et al, 2005) documented change in browsing environments through the Holocene in both carbon and nitrogen isotopes. Fischer et al (2007) focused primarily on human diets and dogs as proxies, but included some faunal samples as a baseline.…”

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Herbivore diets and the anthropogenic environment of early farming in southern Scandinavia

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Rowley‐Conwy

2016

The Holocene

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Farming practice in the first period of the southern Scandinavian Neolithic (Early Neolithic I, Funnel Beaker Culture, 3950-3500 cal. BC) is not well understood. Despite the presence of the first farmers and their domesticated plants and animals, little evidence of profound changes to the landscape such as widespread deforestation has emerged from this crucial early period. Bone collagen dietary stable isotope ratios of wild herbivores from southern Scandinavia are here analysed in order to determine the expected range of dietary variation across the landscape. Coupled with previously published isotope data, differences in dietary variation between wild and domestic species indicate strong human influence on the choice and creation of feeding environments for cattle. In context with palynological and zooarchaeological data, we demonstrate that a human-built agricultural environment was present from the outset of farming in the region, and such a pattern is consistent with the process by which expansion agriculture moves into previously unfarmed regions.

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Herbivore diets and the anthropogenic environment of early farming in southern Scandinavia

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Rowley‐Conwy

2016

The Holocene

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“…Dupras et al 2001;Harrison and Katzenberg 2003;Jay et al 2008;McGovernWilson and Quinn 1996;Noe-Nygaard et al 2005;Ogrinc and Budja 2005;Schurr 1997;Sealy et al 1992). In our chemically degraded samples, unchanged stable isotope ratios coincide with C/N-molar values from 3.23 up to 4.17.…”

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Experimental chemical degradation compared to natural diagenetic alteration of collagen: implications for collagen quality indicators for stable isotope analysis

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Grupe

2009

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Stable isotopic ratios from archaeological bone collagen are valid palaeodietary indicators, but depend on sufficiently well preserved molecules and several collagen quality criteria have to be fulfilled (mostly collagen wt%, C%; N%, C/N molar ratio). For a reassessment of these quality criteria, and a better understanding of the chemical degradation of bone collagen, experimentally degraded modern bones and 54 archaeological human bones were investigated. In the course of the experimental degradation, alterations of isotopic ratios were paralleled by altered collagen quality criteria. The contrary was found in the case of the archaeological specimens. This implies that the commonly used collagen quality criteria may be insufficient and do not guarantee that stable isotopic values of the gelatine extracts will still represent the original biological signal.

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“…Several isotopic studies of bone collagen have suggested that  13 C values differ between the species and that this may be due to feeding habits, such as aurochs being more likely to feed under forest cover or in more watery environments (Balasse et al, 2000;Lynch et al, 2008;Noe-Nygaard et al, 2005). It has also been hypothesized, based on the location of aurochs remains in…”

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A calf for all seasons? The potential of stable isotope analysis to investigate prehistoric husbandry practices

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Journal of Archaeological Science

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Diet of aurochs and early cattle in southern Scandinavia: evidence from 15N and 13C stable isotopes

Cited by 106 publications

References 59 publications

Herbivore diets and the anthropogenic environment of early farming in southern Scandinavia

Herbivore diets and the anthropogenic environment of early farming in southern Scandinavia

Experimental chemical degradation compared to natural diagenetic alteration of collagen: implications for collagen quality indicators for stable isotope analysis

A calf for all seasons? The potential of stable isotope analysis to investigate prehistoric husbandry practices

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