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SUBMITTER: Gerling C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5528262 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gerling Claudia C Doppler Thomas T Heyd Volker V Knipper Corina C Kuhn Thomas T Lehmann Moritz F MF Pike Alistair W G AWG Schibler Jörg J
PloS one 20170726 7
Reconstructing stock herding strategies and land use is key to comprehending past human social organization and economy. We present laser-ablation strontium and carbon isotope data from 25 cattle (Bos taurus) to reconstruct mobility and infer herding management at the Swiss lakeside settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, occupied for only 15 years (3384-3370 BC). Our results reveal three distinct isotopic patterns that likely reflect different herding strategies: 1) localized cattle herding, 2) seasonal ...[more]