Bovinos en estructuras funerarias del Neolítico Medio del noreste de la Península Ibérica. La necrópolis de la Bòbila Madurell como caso de estudio sobre la gestión del vacuno
[EN] Cattle was one of the main species raised by the first Neolithic farmers in the Iberian Peninsula. In most of the sites, domestic Caprines were the basis of the economy, with cattle being a complement. However, there were some exceptions, especially in open-air settlements, where bovines were t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) |
| Repositorio: | DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:digital.csic.es:10261/254289 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10261/254289 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Zooarchaeology Herds composition Osteometry Age-at-death profiles Arqueozoología Reconstrucción de los rebaños Osteometría Perfiles de edad de muerte Arkeozoologia Azienden berreraiketa Osteometria Heriotza-adinaren profilak |
| Sumario: | [EN] Cattle was one of the main species raised by the first Neolithic farmers in the Iberian Peninsula. In most of the sites, domestic Caprines were the basis of the economy, with cattle being a complement. However, there were some exceptions, especially in open-air settlements, where bovines were the main species bred. This is the case of the necropolis of Bòbila Madurell (4210-3670 cal BC), the most extensive of the Iberian Middle Neolithic in surface and number of tombs. The importance of the cattle in the ritual of this site has been related to its economic importance for these groups of the Middle Neolithic. This work focuses on the zooarcheological study of cattle remains recovered in the two main sectors of this necropolis, “Madurell Sud” and “Madurell Ferrocarrils”. The aim is to analyse the management of cattle herds during the Middle Neolithic. The osteometric analyses and the determination of the age-at-death and obtaining mortality profiles have been the basis of this study. Osteometric analysis has made it possible to differentiate between the remains of cattle and their agriotype, the aurochs. Mortality profiles provide information on the economic use of these animals. 37 individuals were identified from 20 structures. Based on the osteometric analysis, we have characterized the whole and ruled out the presence of wild specimens or aurochs (Bos primigenius). Mortality profiles indicate that the herd was exploited basically for meat, once its optimum weight was obtained, and secondarily for milk |
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