Of herds and societies-Seasonal aspects of Vinca culture herding and land use practices revealed using sequential stable isotope analysis of animal teeth.

ABSTRACT: Late Neolithic Vinča communities, spread over much of central and northern Balkans during the late sixth to mid-fifth millennium BC and characterised by unusually large and densely population centres, would have required highly organised food production systems. Zooarchaeological analysis indicates that domesticate livestock were herded, but little is known about the seasonal husbandry practices that helped ensure a steady supply of animal products to Vinča farming communities. Here, we present new stable carbon (δ13C) and oxygen (δ18O) isotopic measurements of incremental bioapatite samples from the teeth of domesticated livestock and wild herbivore teeth from two late Neolithic Vinča culture sites: Vinča-Belo brdo and Stubline (Serbia). Our results show a low variation overall within she

SUBMITTER: Gillis RE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8496836 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature