Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?

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Autor(a) principal: Detry, Cleia
Data de Publicação: 2018
Outros Autores: Cardoso, João Luís, Heras Mora, Javier, Bustamante-Álvarez, Macarena, Silva, Ana Maria, Pimenta, João, Fernandes, Isabel, Fernandes, Carlos
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/36533
Resumo: New finds of bones of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), one from Portugal and one from Spain, were directly 14C dated to the first century AD. While the Portuguese specimen was found without connection to the Chalcolithic occupation of the Pedra Furada cave where it was recovered, the Spanish find, collected in the city of Mérida, comes from a ritual pit that also contained three human and 40 dog burials. The finds reported here show that the Egyptian mongoose, contrary to the traditional and predominant view, did not first arrive in the Iberian Peninsula during the Muslim occupation of Iberia. Instead, our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the species was first introduced by the Romans, or at least sometime during the Roman occupation of Hispania. Therefore, radiocarbon dating of new archaeological finds of bones of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Iberian Peninsula push back the confirmed presence of the species in the region by approximately eight centuries, as the previously oldest dated record is from the ninth century. With these new dates, there are now a total of four 14C dated specimens of Egyptian mongooses from the Iberian Peninsula, and all of these dates fall within the last 2000 years. This offers support for the hypothesis that the presence of the species in Iberia is due to historical introductions and is at odds with a scenario of natural sweepstake dispersal across the Straits of Gibraltar in the Late Pleistocene (126,000-11,700 years ago), recently proposed based on genetic data.
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spelling Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?AnimalsBone and BonesCarbon RadioisotopesEgyptHistory, AncientPortugalSpainHerpestidaeNew finds of bones of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), one from Portugal and one from Spain, were directly 14C dated to the first century AD. While the Portuguese specimen was found without connection to the Chalcolithic occupation of the Pedra Furada cave where it was recovered, the Spanish find, collected in the city of Mérida, comes from a ritual pit that also contained three human and 40 dog burials. The finds reported here show that the Egyptian mongoose, contrary to the traditional and predominant view, did not first arrive in the Iberian Peninsula during the Muslim occupation of Iberia. Instead, our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the species was first introduced by the Romans, or at least sometime during the Roman occupation of Hispania. Therefore, radiocarbon dating of new archaeological finds of bones of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Iberian Peninsula push back the confirmed presence of the species in the region by approximately eight centuries, as the previously oldest dated record is from the ninth century. With these new dates, there are now a total of four 14C dated specimens of Egyptian mongooses from the Iberian Peninsula, and all of these dates fall within the last 2000 years. This offers support for the hypothesis that the presence of the species in Iberia is due to historical introductions and is at odds with a scenario of natural sweepstake dispersal across the Straits of Gibraltar in the Late Pleistocene (126,000-11,700 years ago), recently proposed based on genetic data.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaDetry, CleiaCardoso, João LuísHeras Mora, JavierBustamante-Álvarez, MacarenaSilva, Ana MariaPimenta, JoãoFernandes, IsabelFernandes, Carlos2019-01-18T12:02:57Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/36533engDetry, C., Cardoso, J. L., Heras Mora, J., Bustamante-Alvarez, M., Silva, A. M., Pimenta, J., . . . Fernandes, C. (2018). Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula? Naturwissenschaften - The Science of Nature, 105(11-12) 63. doi: 10.1007/s00114-018-1586-51432-190410.1007/s00114-018-1586-5metadata only accessinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:33:03Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/36533Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:50:41.070411Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
title Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
spellingShingle Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
Detry, Cleia
Animals
Bone and Bones
Carbon Radioisotopes
Egypt
History, Ancient
Portugal
Spain
Herpestidae
title_short Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
title_full Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
title_fullStr Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
title_full_unstemmed Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
title_sort Did the Romans introduce the Egyptian mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) into the Iberian Peninsula?
author Detry, Cleia
author_facet Detry, Cleia
Cardoso, João Luís
Heras Mora, Javier
Bustamante-Álvarez, Macarena
Silva, Ana Maria
Pimenta, João
Fernandes, Isabel
Fernandes, Carlos
author_role author
author2 Cardoso, João Luís
Heras Mora, Javier
Bustamante-Álvarez, Macarena
Silva, Ana Maria
Pimenta, João
Fernandes, Isabel
Fernandes, Carlos
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Detry, Cleia
Cardoso, João Luís
Heras Mora, Javier
Bustamante-Álvarez, Macarena
Silva, Ana Maria
Pimenta, João
Fernandes, Isabel
Fernandes, Carlos
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Animals
Bone and Bones
Carbon Radioisotopes
Egypt
History, Ancient
Portugal
Spain
Herpestidae
topic Animals
Bone and Bones
Carbon Radioisotopes
Egypt
History, Ancient
Portugal
Spain
Herpestidae
description New finds of bones of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon), one from Portugal and one from Spain, were directly 14C dated to the first century AD. While the Portuguese specimen was found without connection to the Chalcolithic occupation of the Pedra Furada cave where it was recovered, the Spanish find, collected in the city of Mérida, comes from a ritual pit that also contained three human and 40 dog burials. The finds reported here show that the Egyptian mongoose, contrary to the traditional and predominant view, did not first arrive in the Iberian Peninsula during the Muslim occupation of Iberia. Instead, our findings are consistent with the hypothesis that the species was first introduced by the Romans, or at least sometime during the Roman occupation of Hispania. Therefore, radiocarbon dating of new archaeological finds of bones of the Egyptian Mongoose (Herpestes ichneumon) in the Iberian Peninsula push back the confirmed presence of the species in the region by approximately eight centuries, as the previously oldest dated record is from the ninth century. With these new dates, there are now a total of four 14C dated specimens of Egyptian mongooses from the Iberian Peninsula, and all of these dates fall within the last 2000 years. This offers support for the hypothesis that the presence of the species in Iberia is due to historical introductions and is at odds with a scenario of natural sweepstake dispersal across the Straits of Gibraltar in the Late Pleistocene (126,000-11,700 years ago), recently proposed based on genetic data.
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