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Rick Schulting - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the ups downs of iron age Animal Management on the oxfordshire ridgeway south central england a multi isotope approach
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2019Co-Authors: Rick Schulting, Petrus Le Roux, Yee Min Gan, John Pouncett, Julie Hamilton, Christophe Snoeck, Peter Ditchfield, Rowena Henderson, Priscilla Lange, Julia A LeethorpAbstract:Abstract The hillforts of the Oxfordshire Ridgeway in south-central England have been interpreted as central places in the Early/Middle Iron Age, ca. 600–100 BCE, serving, among other functions, to integrate the Management of Animals, particularly sheep, between the upland Chalk downs and the adjacent low-lying Vale of the White Horse. Since these landforms differ geologically and pedologically, they lead to distinct isotopic ratios in the biosphere and so present the potential to investigate Animal Management practices in some detail. Here, we report the results of a multi-isotope study on domestic fauna (cattle, sheep and pig) within a very constrained study area, with the aim of testing the hypothesis that the Ridgeway's hillforts were placed to control and coordinate the movement of sheep between the Chalk and the Vale. However, the results suggest a different scenario. Bone collagen δ15N results indicate that cattle and sheep were both kept locally. Strontium isotopes, conversely, indicate that, while sheep and pigs were raised locally, cattle appear to have been mainly kept in the Vale during at least the first year of their lives. The apparent discrepancy between the two isotopes can be reconciled by the different periods of life represented by enamel and bone collagen measurements, with the movement of cattle onto the Ridgeway in their second or third year of life. Sequential measurements of δ13C and δ15N in dentine, and of δ13Cc and δ18Oc in enamel, provide further detail on the Management of cattle, and offer some support for the above scenario. Early/Middle Iron Age stock-keeping in south-central England was complex, being integrated in some respects but distinct in others. The study demonstrates the level of detail it is possible to achieve with a multi-isotope approach to Animal Management practices in prehistory. The focus on a micro-region contrasts with, or rather complements, studies addressing larger-scale movement of Animals in the past.
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The ups & downs of Iron Age Animal Management on the Oxfordshire Ridgeway, south-central England: A multi-isotope approach
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2019Co-Authors: Rick Schulting, Yee Min Gan, John Pouncett, Julie Hamilton, Christophe Snoeck, Peter Ditchfield, Priscilla Lange, Petrus Le Roux, Rowena C. Henderson, Julia A. Lee-thorpAbstract:Abstract The hillforts of the Oxfordshire Ridgeway in south-central England have been interpreted as central places in the Early/Middle Iron Age, ca. 600–100 BCE, serving, among other functions, to integrate the Management of Animals, particularly sheep, between the upland Chalk downs and the adjacent low-lying Vale of the White Horse. Since these landforms differ geologically and pedologically, they lead to distinct isotopic ratios in the biosphere and so present the potential to investigate Animal Management practices in some detail. Here, we report the results of a multi-isotope study on domestic fauna (cattle, sheep and pig) within a very constrained study area, with the aim of testing the hypothesis that the Ridgeway's hillforts were placed to control and coordinate the movement of sheep between the Chalk and the Vale. However, the results suggest a different scenario. Bone collagen δ15N results indicate that cattle and sheep were both kept locally. Strontium isotopes, conversely, indicate that, while sheep and pigs were raised locally, cattle appear to have been mainly kept in the Vale during at least the first year of their lives. The apparent discrepancy between the two isotopes can be reconciled by the different periods of life represented by enamel and bone collagen measurements, with the movement of cattle onto the Ridgeway in their second or third year of life. Sequential measurements of δ13C and δ15N in dentine, and of δ13Cc and δ18Oc in enamel, provide further detail on the Management of cattle, and offer some support for the above scenario. Early/Middle Iron Age stock-keeping in south-central England was complex, being integrated in some respects but distinct in others. The study demonstrates the level of detail it is possible to achieve with a multi-isotope approach to Animal Management practices in prehistory. The focus on a micro-region contrasts with, or rather complements, studies addressing larger-scale movement of Animals in the past.
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The ups and downs of Iron Age Animal Management on the Oxfordshire Ridgeway, south-central England: A multi-isotope approach
'Elsevier BV', 2019Co-Authors: Rick Schulting, Le Roux P, Ym Gan, Pouncett J, Hamilton J, Snoeck C, Ditchfield P, Henderson R, Lange P, Lee-thorp JAbstract:The hillforts of the Oxfordshire Ridgeway in south-central England have been interpreted as central places in the Early/Middle Iron Age, ca. 600–100 BCE, serving, among other functions, to integrate the Management of Animals, particularly sheep, between the upland Chalk downs and the adjacent low-lying Vale of the White Horse. Since these landforms differ geologically and pedologically, they lead to distinct isotopic ratios in the biosphere and so present the potential to investigate Animal Management practices in some detail. Here, we report the results of a multi-isotope study on domestic fauna (cattle, sheep and pig) within a very constrained study area, with the aim of testing the hypothesis that the Ridgeway's hillforts were placed to control and coordinate the movement of sheep between the Chalk and the Vale. However, the results suggest a different scenario. Bone collagen δ15N results indicate that cattle and sheep were both kept locally. Strontium isotopes, conversely, indicate that, while sheep and pigs were raised locally, cattle appear to have been mainly kept in the Vale during at least the first year of their lives. The apparent discrepancy between the two isotopes can be reconciled by the different periods of life represented by enamel and bone collagen measurements, with the movement of cattle onto the Ridgeway in their second or third year of life. Sequential measurements of δ13C and δ15N in dentine, and of δ13Cc and δ18Oc in enamel, provide further detail on the Management of cattle, and offer some support for the above scenario. Early/Middle Iron Age stock-keeping in south-central England was complex, being integrated in some respects but distinct in others. The study demonstrates the level of detail it is possible to achieve with a multi-isotope approach to Animal Management practices in prehistory. The focus on a micro-region contrasts with, or rather complements, studies addressing larger-scale movement of Animals in the past.
Jacqui Mulville - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Norse Animal husbandry in liminal environments: Stable isotope evidence from the Scottish North Atlantic Islands
Environmental Archaeology, 2018Co-Authors: Jennifer R. Jones, Jacqui MulvilleAbstract:This paper employs δ13C and δ15N analysis of bone collagen to explore Animal Management at large Norse settlement sites in the liminal environments of the Scottish North Atlantic Islands. The Norse...
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Isotopic and zooarchaeological approaches towards understanding aquatic resource use in human economies and Animal Management in the prehistoric Scottish North Atlantic Islands
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2016Co-Authors: Jennifer R. Jones, Jacqui MulvilleAbstract:Despite being surrounded by aquatic resources, the Prehistoric populations of the North Atlantic Islands have a complex history of aquatic resource that until now has been little understood. Specifically the changing importance and uses of aquatic resources through time, and the role of aquatic resources in the Management of Animals in prehistory requires further attention. This paper presents results of faunal isotopic analysis in combination with existing human isotopic evidence and zooarchaeological datasets from Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age sites in the Western Isles (also known as the Outer Hebrides) and Orkney to explore the importance of aquatic resources in the lives of these prehistory populations. In Orkney coastal grazing was an important aspect in the Management of sheep throughout prehistory, whereas in the Western Isles this was only evident in the Bronze Age. Aquatic protein was also used in the Management of pigs in the Western Isles during the Middle Iron Age. There is little evidence of humans consuming aquatic resources in the Neolithic, and only minor evidence of consumption in the Bronze Age. During the Iron Age aquatic resources become more important in the diet of humans. The Prehistoric Atlantic Islanders of Scotland had a complex and dynamic relationship with aquatic resources, especially in the role of Animal Management that changed throughout the course of prehistory.
Julia A Leethorp - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the ups downs of iron age Animal Management on the oxfordshire ridgeway south central england a multi isotope approach
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2019Co-Authors: Rick Schulting, Petrus Le Roux, Yee Min Gan, John Pouncett, Julie Hamilton, Christophe Snoeck, Peter Ditchfield, Rowena Henderson, Priscilla Lange, Julia A LeethorpAbstract:Abstract The hillforts of the Oxfordshire Ridgeway in south-central England have been interpreted as central places in the Early/Middle Iron Age, ca. 600–100 BCE, serving, among other functions, to integrate the Management of Animals, particularly sheep, between the upland Chalk downs and the adjacent low-lying Vale of the White Horse. Since these landforms differ geologically and pedologically, they lead to distinct isotopic ratios in the biosphere and so present the potential to investigate Animal Management practices in some detail. Here, we report the results of a multi-isotope study on domestic fauna (cattle, sheep and pig) within a very constrained study area, with the aim of testing the hypothesis that the Ridgeway's hillforts were placed to control and coordinate the movement of sheep between the Chalk and the Vale. However, the results suggest a different scenario. Bone collagen δ15N results indicate that cattle and sheep were both kept locally. Strontium isotopes, conversely, indicate that, while sheep and pigs were raised locally, cattle appear to have been mainly kept in the Vale during at least the first year of their lives. The apparent discrepancy between the two isotopes can be reconciled by the different periods of life represented by enamel and bone collagen measurements, with the movement of cattle onto the Ridgeway in their second or third year of life. Sequential measurements of δ13C and δ15N in dentine, and of δ13Cc and δ18Oc in enamel, provide further detail on the Management of cattle, and offer some support for the above scenario. Early/Middle Iron Age stock-keeping in south-central England was complex, being integrated in some respects but distinct in others. The study demonstrates the level of detail it is possible to achieve with a multi-isotope approach to Animal Management practices in prehistory. The focus on a micro-region contrasts with, or rather complements, studies addressing larger-scale movement of Animals in the past.
Julia A. Lee-thorp - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The ups & downs of Iron Age Animal Management on the Oxfordshire Ridgeway, south-central England: A multi-isotope approach
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2019Co-Authors: Rick Schulting, Yee Min Gan, John Pouncett, Julie Hamilton, Christophe Snoeck, Peter Ditchfield, Priscilla Lange, Petrus Le Roux, Rowena C. Henderson, Julia A. Lee-thorpAbstract:Abstract The hillforts of the Oxfordshire Ridgeway in south-central England have been interpreted as central places in the Early/Middle Iron Age, ca. 600–100 BCE, serving, among other functions, to integrate the Management of Animals, particularly sheep, between the upland Chalk downs and the adjacent low-lying Vale of the White Horse. Since these landforms differ geologically and pedologically, they lead to distinct isotopic ratios in the biosphere and so present the potential to investigate Animal Management practices in some detail. Here, we report the results of a multi-isotope study on domestic fauna (cattle, sheep and pig) within a very constrained study area, with the aim of testing the hypothesis that the Ridgeway's hillforts were placed to control and coordinate the movement of sheep between the Chalk and the Vale. However, the results suggest a different scenario. Bone collagen δ15N results indicate that cattle and sheep were both kept locally. Strontium isotopes, conversely, indicate that, while sheep and pigs were raised locally, cattle appear to have been mainly kept in the Vale during at least the first year of their lives. The apparent discrepancy between the two isotopes can be reconciled by the different periods of life represented by enamel and bone collagen measurements, with the movement of cattle onto the Ridgeway in their second or third year of life. Sequential measurements of δ13C and δ15N in dentine, and of δ13Cc and δ18Oc in enamel, provide further detail on the Management of cattle, and offer some support for the above scenario. Early/Middle Iron Age stock-keeping in south-central England was complex, being integrated in some respects but distinct in others. The study demonstrates the level of detail it is possible to achieve with a multi-isotope approach to Animal Management practices in prehistory. The focus on a micro-region contrasts with, or rather complements, studies addressing larger-scale movement of Animals in the past.
Jennifer R. Jones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Norse Animal husbandry in liminal environments: Stable isotope evidence from the Scottish North Atlantic Islands
Environmental Archaeology, 2018Co-Authors: Jennifer R. Jones, Jacqui MulvilleAbstract:This paper employs δ13C and δ15N analysis of bone collagen to explore Animal Management at large Norse settlement sites in the liminal environments of the Scottish North Atlantic Islands. The Norse...
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Isotopic and zooarchaeological approaches towards understanding aquatic resource use in human economies and Animal Management in the prehistoric Scottish North Atlantic Islands
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 2016Co-Authors: Jennifer R. Jones, Jacqui MulvilleAbstract:Despite being surrounded by aquatic resources, the Prehistoric populations of the North Atlantic Islands have a complex history of aquatic resource that until now has been little understood. Specifically the changing importance and uses of aquatic resources through time, and the role of aquatic resources in the Management of Animals in prehistory requires further attention. This paper presents results of faunal isotopic analysis in combination with existing human isotopic evidence and zooarchaeological datasets from Neolithic, Bronze Age and Iron Age sites in the Western Isles (also known as the Outer Hebrides) and Orkney to explore the importance of aquatic resources in the lives of these prehistory populations. In Orkney coastal grazing was an important aspect in the Management of sheep throughout prehistory, whereas in the Western Isles this was only evident in the Bronze Age. Aquatic protein was also used in the Management of pigs in the Western Isles during the Middle Iron Age. There is little evidence of humans consuming aquatic resources in the Neolithic, and only minor evidence of consumption in the Bronze Age. During the Iron Age aquatic resources become more important in the diet of humans. The Prehistoric Atlantic Islanders of Scotland had a complex and dynamic relationship with aquatic resources, especially in the role of Animal Management that changed throughout the course of prehistory.