干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Coprolites from Rock Shelters: Hunter-Gatherers Herding Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara

Arid

DOI	10.1163/21915784-20190005
	Coprolites from Rock Shelters: Hunter-Gatherers Herding Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara
	Rotunno, Rocco; Mercuri, Anna Maria; Florenzano, Assunta; Zerboni, Andrea; di Lernia, Savino
通讯作者	di Lernia, S (corresponding author), Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Sci Antichita, Rome, Italy. ; di Lernia, S (corresponding author), Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY
ISSN	1612-1651
EISSN	2191-5784
出版年	2019
卷号	17 期号:1 页码:76-94
英文摘要	Archaeological deposits in rock shelters have enormous informative potential, particularly in arid environments where organic materials are well preserved. In these areas, sub-fossilized coprolites and dung remains have been identified as valuable proxies for inferences about past environments, subsistence economies and cultural trajectories. Here we present a multidisciplinary analysis of bovid (ovicaprine) coprolites collected from the Early Holocene hunter-gatherer occupation at Takarkori rock shelter (sw Libya, central Sahara). Our results show that Barbary sheep (Ammotragus lervia) were managed as early as similar to 9500 years cal BP, mostly with the rearing of juveniles. Palynological analysis of individual pellets suggests a seasonal confinement of the animals and the selection of fodder. GIS analysis of coprolite distribution also indicates sophisticated strategies of Barbary sheep herding and spatial differentiation of specialized areas within the rock shelter, including the construction and use of a stone-based enclosure for corralling animals. These highly structured and organized forms of control over wild animals are interpreted as a potential co-evolutionary trigger for the subsequent rapid adoption and integration of the incoming pastoral Neolithic economy.
英文关键词	Tadrart Acacus hunter-gatherers multiporate pollen corralling wild animal management spatial analysis
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	AHCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000489970100005
WOS关键词	GEO-ETHNOARCHAEOLOGY ; ARID ENVIRONMENTS ; TADRART ACACUS ; PASTORAL SITES ; IDENTIFICATION ; PLANT ; DUNG ; CLIMATE ; EVOLUTION ; SEDIMENTS
WOS类目	Archaeology
WOS研究方向	Archaeology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/369346
作者单位	[Rotunno, Rocco; di Lernia, Savino] Sapienza Univ Roma, Dipartimento Sci Antichita, Rome, Italy; [Mercuri, Anna Maria; Florenzano, Assunta] Univ Modena & Reggio Emilia, Lab Palinol & Paleobot, Dipartimento Sci Vita, Modena, Italy; [Zerboni, Andrea] Univ Milan, Dipartimento Sci Terra Ardito Desio, Milan, Italy; [di Lernia, Savino] Univ Witwatersrand, Sch Geog Archaeol & Environm Studies, Johannesburg, South Africa
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Rotunno, Rocco,Mercuri, Anna Maria,Florenzano, Assunta,et al. Coprolites from Rock Shelters: Hunter-Gatherers Herding Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara[J],2019,17(1):76-94.
APA	Rotunno, Rocco,Mercuri, Anna Maria,Florenzano, Assunta,Zerboni, Andrea,&di Lernia, Savino.(2019).Coprolites from Rock Shelters: Hunter-Gatherers Herding Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara.JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY,17(1),76-94.
MLA	Rotunno, Rocco,et al."Coprolites from Rock Shelters: Hunter-Gatherers Herding Barbary Sheep in the Early Holocene Sahara".JOURNAL OF AFRICAN ARCHAEOLOGY 17.1(2019):76-94.