Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach

Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly stabling practises, breeding systems, and grazing/foddering patterns. The study of the ground floor of Building G in Tossa...

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Autores: Colominas, Lídia, Portillo, Marta, Morera, Jordi, Oller, Joan, Berrocal-Barberà, Anna, Gallego-Valle, Abel, López-Bultó, Oriol, Messana, Chiara, Sisa-López de Pablo, Joaquim, Tornero, Carlos, Olesti, Oriol
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Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Recursos:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palavra-chave:Iron Age
Eastern Pyrenees
Archaeozoology
Dental microwear
Stable isotopes
Phytoliths
Dung spherulites
Micromorphology
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spelling Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approachColominas, LídiaPortillo, MartaMorera, JordiOller, JoanBerrocal-Barberà, AnnaGallego-Valle, AbelLópez-Bultó, OriolMessana, ChiaraSisa-López de Pablo, JoaquimTornero, CarlosOlesti, OriolIron AgeEastern PyreneesArchaeozoologyDental microwearStable isotopesPhytolithsDung spherulitesMicromorphologyDespite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly stabling practises, breeding systems, and grazing/foddering patterns. The study of the ground floor of Building G in Tossal de Baltarga has provided valuable insights into these important issues and has given us a better understanding of the social and economic patterns involved in all these livestock activities. It revealed the existence of a stable from the Late Iron Age, thanks to unique in situ finds of the stabled animals, including four sheep, a goat, and a horse, in addition to a range of organic remains preserved by fire and penning deposits. It is the first documented to date in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. Through an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach, combining a range of analytic procedures, including osteology, dental microwear, stable isotopes, phytoliths, dung spherulite analyses, and thin-section micromorphology, for the first time, this study has provided new, high-resolution evidence of livestock management strategies. Specifically, the research shed light on animal penning and feeding practises, revealing variable herbivorous regimes between species, the practise of seasonal movements, and the possible use of fodder as the main dietary regime of the animals stabled there. At the same time, the Baltarga case-study illustrates an indoor production unit that could reveal possible private control of some domestic animals in the Pyrenean Late Iron Age.Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE-CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. LC is currently supported by a Ramón y Cajal contract (RYC2019-026732-I-AEI/10.13039/ 501100011033). CM has the financial support of the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca de la Generalitat de Catalunya and European Social Fund (ESF) “Investing in your future” (2022 FI_B2 00070). The funding for this research has been partially provided within the framework of the projects “Control, gestión y explotación del territorio en la Hispania romana”, PID2021-122879OB-I00, MICIN, and “PATCA-3”, Generalitat de Catalunya, 9071-55/2022.Peer reviewedSpringerGeneralitat de CatalunyaEuropean CommissionAgencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2024202420232024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/343017reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//RYC2019-026732-Iinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023/PID2021-122879OB-I00http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01848-8Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3430172026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
title Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
spellingShingle Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
Colominas, Lídia
Iron Age
Eastern Pyrenees
Archaeozoology
Dental microwear
Stable isotopes
Phytoliths
Dung spherulites
Micromorphology
title_short Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
title_full Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
title_fullStr Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
title_full_unstemmed Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
title_sort Livestock management at the Late Iron Age site of Baltarga (eastern Pyrenees): an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Colominas, Lídia
Portillo, Marta
Morera, Jordi
Oller, Joan
Berrocal-Barberà, Anna
Gallego-Valle, Abel
López-Bultó, Oriol
Messana, Chiara
Sisa-López de Pablo, Joaquim
Tornero, Carlos
Olesti, Oriol
author Colominas, Lídia
author_facet Colominas, Lídia
Portillo, Marta
Morera, Jordi
Oller, Joan
Berrocal-Barberà, Anna
Gallego-Valle, Abel
López-Bultó, Oriol
Messana, Chiara
Sisa-López de Pablo, Joaquim
Tornero, Carlos
Olesti, Oriol
author_role author
author2 Portillo, Marta
Morera, Jordi
Oller, Joan
Berrocal-Barberà, Anna
Gallego-Valle, Abel
López-Bultó, Oriol
Messana, Chiara
Sisa-López de Pablo, Joaquim
Tornero, Carlos
Olesti, Oriol
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Generalitat de Catalunya
European Commission
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Iron Age
Eastern Pyrenees
Archaeozoology
Dental microwear
Stable isotopes
Phytoliths
Dung spherulites
Micromorphology
topic Iron Age
Eastern Pyrenees
Archaeozoology
Dental microwear
Stable isotopes
Phytoliths
Dung spherulites
Micromorphology
description Despite the important role of livestock farming amongst Iron Age communities living in mountain regions, there is little information about livestock management, and particularly stabling practises, breeding systems, and grazing/foddering patterns. The study of the ground floor of Building G in Tossal de Baltarga has provided valuable insights into these important issues and has given us a better understanding of the social and economic patterns involved in all these livestock activities. It revealed the existence of a stable from the Late Iron Age, thanks to unique in situ finds of the stabled animals, including four sheep, a goat, and a horse, in addition to a range of organic remains preserved by fire and penning deposits. It is the first documented to date in the northeastern Iberian Peninsula. Through an integrated bio-geoarchaeological approach, combining a range of analytic procedures, including osteology, dental microwear, stable isotopes, phytoliths, dung spherulite analyses, and thin-section micromorphology, for the first time, this study has provided new, high-resolution evidence of livestock management strategies. Specifically, the research shed light on animal penning and feeding practises, revealing variable herbivorous regimes between species, the practise of seasonal movements, and the possible use of fodder as the main dietary regime of the animals stabled there. At the same time, the Baltarga case-study illustrates an indoor production unit that could reveal possible private control of some domestic animals in the Pyrenean Late Iron Age.
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