Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making
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Resumo: | Present-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product. |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-makingMillennium BCLactase-persistenceBirth seasonalityOxygen IsotopesPresent-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product.NatureSapientiaBalasse, MarieGillis, RosalindŽivaljević, IvanaBerthon, RémiKovačiková, LenkaFiorillo, DenisArbogast, Rose-MarieBălăşescu, AdrianBréhard, StéphanieNyerges, Éva Á.Dimitrijević, VesnaBánffy, EszterDomboróczki, LászlóMarciniak, ArkadiuszOross, KrisztiánVostrovská, IvanaRoffet-Salque, MélanieStefanović, SofijaIvanova, Maria2021-05-19T15:31:16Z20212021-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15490eng10.1038/s41598-021-87674-12045-2322info: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:RCAAP2023-07-24T10:27:55Zoai:sapientia.ualg.pt:10400.1/15490Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:06:21.132452Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making Balasse, Marie Millennium BC Lactase-persistence Birth seasonality Oxygen Isotopes |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
title_full |
Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making |
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Balasse, Marie |
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Balasse, Marie Gillis, Rosalind Živaljević, Ivana Berthon, Rémi Kovačiková, Lenka Fiorillo, Denis Arbogast, Rose-Marie Bălăşescu, Adrian Bréhard, Stéphanie Nyerges, Éva Á. Dimitrijević, Vesna Bánffy, Eszter Domboróczki, László Marciniak, Arkadiusz Oross, Krisztián Vostrovská, Ivana Roffet-Salque, Mélanie Stefanović, Sofija Ivanova, Maria |
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author |
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Gillis, Rosalind Živaljević, Ivana Berthon, Rémi Kovačiková, Lenka Fiorillo, Denis Arbogast, Rose-Marie Bălăşescu, Adrian Bréhard, Stéphanie Nyerges, Éva Á. Dimitrijević, Vesna Bánffy, Eszter Domboróczki, László Marciniak, Arkadiusz Oross, Krisztián Vostrovská, Ivana Roffet-Salque, Mélanie Stefanović, Sofija Ivanova, Maria |
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Sapientia |
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Balasse, Marie Gillis, Rosalind Živaljević, Ivana Berthon, Rémi Kovačiková, Lenka Fiorillo, Denis Arbogast, Rose-Marie Bălăşescu, Adrian Bréhard, Stéphanie Nyerges, Éva Á. Dimitrijević, Vesna Bánffy, Eszter Domboróczki, László Marciniak, Arkadiusz Oross, Krisztián Vostrovská, Ivana Roffet-Salque, Mélanie Stefanović, Sofija Ivanova, Maria |
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Millennium BC Lactase-persistence Birth seasonality Oxygen Isotopes |
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Millennium BC Lactase-persistence Birth seasonality Oxygen Isotopes |
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Present-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product. |
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