Sophisticated cattle dairy husbandry at Borduşani-Popină (Romania, fifth millennium BC): the evidence from complementary analysis of mortality profiles and stable isotopes
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29 juillet 2013
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- doi: 10.1080/00438243.2013.820652
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Rosalind Gillis et al., « Sophisticated cattle dairy husbandry at Borduşani-Popină (Romania, fifth millennium BC): the evidence from complementary analysis of mortality profiles and stable isotopes », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10.1080/00438243.2013.820652
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Borduşani-Popină is a Gumelniţa tell site in south-eastern Romania. The cattle mortality profile suggests ahusbandry oriented towards prime meat exploitation and dairy production highlighted by the keeping ofcattle to advanced age. Besides, the culling strategy also targeted young calves. A stable isotope ratio studywas undertaken on dental rows. Bone and dentine collagen δ15N values show that the calves within theslaughtering peak were well-advanced in the weaning process, suggesting that the slaughter was delayeduntil the end of the cows’ lactation. A consequence would be the sharing of milk production betweenherders and calves. High inter- and intra-individual variability in bone collagen and enamel bioapatite δ13Cvalues indicated variations in the seasonal ratio of C4 and C3 plants in fodder and between age groups.Overall, the complementary study of mortality profiles and stable isotopes provide evidence of sophisticatedhusbandry during the fifth millennium cal. BC.