Exploitation of primary and secondary products of domesticated caprines for human subsistence during the Iranian Neolithic Author(s)
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28 novembre 2022
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Emmanuelle Casanova et al., « Exploitation of primary and secondary products of domesticated caprines for human subsistence during the Iranian Neolithic Author(s) », HAL-SHS : archéologie, ID : 10670/1.e7tfxq
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The Fertile Crescent in SW Asia is a key region for the early domestication of ruminant animals. The domestication of caprine in SW Asia started about 10000 years ago and took an important place in the development of a farming economy. With the introduction of caprine domestication comes the question of which products they were exploited for: their primary products (meat), their secondary products (milk) or both. The Zagros in Iran is a center for the early goat and sheep domestication and expansion of agropastoralism to the East. Caprine exploitation for their primary or secondary products remains to be elucidated for this region.One method to highlight the exploitation of secondary products is to look at dietary archives, particularly, the food residues preserved in ancient pottery vessels. Using molecular and isotopic analyses on lipid residues recovered in the vessels, food sources can be identified and carcasses fats discriminated against dairy fats.We report here the study of lipid residues from about 300 Neolithic pottery from various sites dating from the 7th to 5th Millenium BC. The results revealed both the carcass and dairy fats were processed in pottery vessels at all the studied sites suggesting products from domesticated caprines particularly their milk, took an essential part in human subsistence during the Neolithic period in the region compared to the wild resources.