Journal
JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
Volume 39, Issue 10, Pages 3324-3330Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2012.05.021
Keywords
Zooarchaeology; Husbandry; Cattle; DNA; Mortality
Funding
- Swedish Royal Academy of Science
- Birgit & Gad Rausing foundation
- Helge Ax:son Johnsson foundation
- P o Lundell foundation
- Lars Hiertas Minne foundation
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Analysis of ancient cattle husbandry is compromised by the need for conventional analysis of sex and age at death to use different elements of the skeleton, usually from different individuals. We demonstrate a technique using aDNA acquired from cattle mandibles and combined with age-at-death estimation based on dental eruption in the same specimens. Application to small sample groups from two sites in Na h-Eileanan Siar (the Scottish Western Isles) show a high success rate, and demonstrates the potential for a more nuanced interpretation of ancient cattle husbandry. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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