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Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making

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dc.contributor.authorBalasse, Marie
dc.contributor.authorGillis, Rosalind
dc.contributor.authorŽivaljević, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorBerthon, Rémi
dc.contributor.authorKovačiková, Lenka
dc.contributor.authorFiorillo, Denis
dc.contributor.authorArbogast, Rose-Marie
dc.contributor.authorBălăşescu, Adrian
dc.contributor.authorBréhard, Stéphanie
dc.contributor.authorNyerges, Éva Á.
dc.contributor.authorDimitrijević, Vesna
dc.contributor.authorBánffy, Eszter
dc.contributor.authorDomboróczki, László
dc.contributor.authorMarciniak, Arkadiusz
dc.contributor.authorOross, Krisztián
dc.contributor.authorVostrovská, Ivana
dc.contributor.authorRoffet-Salque, Mélanie
dc.contributor.authorStefanović, Sofija
dc.contributor.authorIvanova, Maria
dc.date.accessioned2021-05-19T15:31:16Z
dc.date.available2021-05-19T15:31:16Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractPresent-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.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1pt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn2045-2322
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/15490
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherNaturept_PT
dc.relationSustainability of Agriculture in Neolithic Europe
dc.relationBirths, mothers and babies: prehistoric fertility in the Balkans between 10000 – 5000 BC
dc.relationStable isotope investigations on the adaptations of Neolithic husbandry to the diverse climatic and environmental settings of Eastern, Central and Western Europe.
dc.relationThe Milking Revolution in Temperate Neolithic Europe
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectMillennium BCpt_PT
dc.subjectLactase-persistencept_PT
dc.subjectBirth seasonalitypt_PT
dc.subjectOxygen Isotopespt_PT
dc.titleSeasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-makingpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleSustainability of Agriculture in Neolithic Europe
oaire.awardTitleBirths, mothers and babies: prehistoric fertility in the Balkans between 10000 – 5000 BC
oaire.awardTitleStable isotope investigations on the adaptations of Neolithic husbandry to the diverse climatic and environmental settings of Eastern, Central and Western Europe.
oaire.awardTitleThe Milking Revolution in Temperate Neolithic Europe
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/865515/EU
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/640557/EU
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/202881/EU
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/FP7/324202/EU
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage8185pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleScientific Reportspt_PT
oaire.citation.volume11pt_PT
oaire.fundingStreamH2020
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person.familyNameGillis
person.givenNameRosalind
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project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100008530
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
project.funder.nameEuropean Commission
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