Tracing early pastoralism in Central Europe using sedimentary ancient DNA

Kód výsledku v 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>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/60076658:12310/24:43909157 RIV/00216208:11620/24:10490069

Výsledek na webu

<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>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Tracing early pastoralism in Central Europe using sedimentary ancient DNA

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

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.’’

Název v anglickém jazyce

Tracing early pastoralism in Central Europe using sedimentary ancient DNA

Popis výsledku anglicky

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.’’

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Current Biology

ISSN

0960-9822

e-ISSN

1879-0445

Svazek periodika

34

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

20

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

12

Strana od-do

4650-4661

Kód UT WoS článku

001388854200001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85207466806