Tracing early pastoralism in Central Europe using sedimentary ancient DNA

Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F62690094%3A18460%2F24%3A50022087" target="_blank" >RIV/62690094:18460/24:50022087 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60076658:12310/24:43909157 RIV/00216208:11620/24:10490069
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01162-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222401162X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue" target="_blank" >https://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(24)01162-X?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS096098222401162X%3Fshowall%3Dtrue</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.047" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.cub.2024.08.047</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Tracing early pastoralism in Central Europe using sedimentary ancient DNA
Original language description
Central European forests have been shaped by complex human interactions throughout the Holocene, with significant changes following the introduction of domesticated animals in the Neolithic (7.5–6.0 ka before present [BP]). However, understanding early pastoral practices and their impact on forests is limited by methods for detecting animal movement across past landscapes. Here, we examine ancient sedimentary DNA (sedaDNA) preserved at the Velký Mamuťák rock shelter in northern Bohemia (Czech Republic), which has been a forested enclave since the early Holocene. We find that domesticated animals, their associated microbiomes, and plants potentially gathered for fodder have clear representation by the Late Neolithic, around 6.0 ka BP, and persist throughout the Bronze Age into recent times.We identify a change in dominant grazing species from sheep to pigs in the Bronze Age (4.1–3.0 ka BP) and interpret the impact this had in the mid-Holocene retrogressions that still define the structure of Central European forests today. This study highlights the ability of ancient metagenomics to bridge archaeological and paleoecological methods and provide an enhanced perspective on the roots of the ‘‘Anthropocene.’’
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
60102 - Archaeology

Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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