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Neolithic to Bronze Age economy and animal management revealed using analyses lipid residues of pottery vessels and faunal remains at El Portalon de Cueva Mayor (Sierra de Atapuerca, Spain)

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JOURNAL OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SCIENCE
卷 131, 期 -, 页码 -

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ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2021.105380

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Pottery; Fatty acids; delta C-13 values; Archaeozoology; Kill-off patterns; Neolithic; Chalcolithic; Bronze age; El Portalon de Cueva Mayor site; Spain

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  1. Junta de Castilla y Leon [ORDEN/EDU1083/2013]
  2. Fundacion General de la Universidad de Alcala de HenaresMuseo Arqueologico Regional (MAR) by Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividadad [PTA 2018-015145-I]
  3. Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad [CGL 2012-38434-C03-01/02/03, PGC 2018-093925-B-C33]
  4. ERC Advanced Grant NeoMilk [FP7-IDEAS-ERC/324202]
  5. Royal Society [DHF\R1\180064, RGF\EA\181067]
  6. Junta de Castilla y Leon (Spain)
  7. European Regional Development Fund [BU235P18]
  8. Agencia Estatal de Investigacion [PID 2019-105796 GB-I00, AEI/10.13039/501100011033]
  9. NERC [CC010]
  10. NEIF
  11. Helen Grant of the NERC Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry Facility (Lancaster node)

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El Portalon de Cueva Mayor in Atapuerca is a unique Late Prehistory archaeological site in the Iberian Peninsula, covering some 7 kyr of Holocene occupations. Lipid residue analyses and faunal kill-off patterns show evidence for the use of carcass and dairy products at the site, with both bovines and ovicaprids being exploited for milk. The study reveals no major variations in livestock husbandry or diet due to cultural or environmental change, suggesting that changing activities at the cave over time may have caused subtle differences in results.
El Portalon de Cueva Mayor located in the UNESCO World Heritage Centre of Atapuerca, is a unique reference Late Prehistory archaeological site in the Iberian Peninsula, covering some 7 kyr of Holocene occupations. Herein we present the study of lipid residue analyses from 108 pottery sherds coupled with faunal kill-off patterns from the Neolithic, Chalcolithic and Bronze Age periods to gain new insights into natural product exploitation and animal management. The molecular and isotopic analyses of lipid extracts provide evidence for the use of carcass and dairy products at the site. The construction of kill-off profiles for the ovicaprids (sheep/goat) and bovines (cattle) provide complementary insights into animal management at the site, suggesting that both bovines and ovicaprids were exploited for their milk. The diachronic evolution of identified products show no major variations in livestock husbandry or diet due to cultural or environmental change. Changing uses and different activities at the cave over time (domestic, funerary, etc.) are likely responsible for the subtle differences identified in the results. This study provides the first insights into human subsistence strategies through time at El Portal ' on de Cueva Mayor.

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