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The LeCHE project and Archaeozoology

National Agency for Scientific Research. National Museum of Natural History. ARCHAEOZOOLOGY, ARCHEOBOTANY. Societies, Practices. and Environments. The LeCHE project and Archaeozoology. Roz Gillis. Pottery dumps, Caledonian Pottery, Rutherglen. Before….commercial archaeologist.

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The LeCHE project and Archaeozoology

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  1. National Agency for Scientific Research National Museum of Natural History ARCHAEOZOOLOGY, ARCHEOBOTANY Societies, Practices and Environments The LeCHE projectand Archaeozoology Roz Gillis

  2. Pottery dumps, Caledonian Pottery, Rutherglen Before….commercial archaeologist Caledonian Pottery waster dump baseImage 5 of 9

  3. Now....archaeozoologist at Muséum National D’histoire Naturelle (MNHN), Paris

  4. The LeCHE project,(Lactase persistence and the Cultural History of Europe) Dublin-Modern cattle DNA Bristol-Pottery residues Stockholme-Weaning in humans using N isotopes Maniz-Ancient Human DNA UCL- Modelling Team LeCHE Paris-Archaeozoology UCL-Modern Human DNA

  5. A milk: A(EF= curtailed) C. Obscure, Mid-Neol. (N= 39) B milk: BCEF(G= hair) Les Lauzières, Late Neol. (N= 43) Archaeozoology and LeCHE, detecting dairy practices in Neolithic Europe. 1. Sheep and Goat Previous milk model Vigne & Helmer, 2007, Anthropozoologica, 42, 2: 9-40. New additional Model

  6. collagen collagen plant diet + 3 ‰ milk diet + 3 ‰ Paris-Bercy 3 Confirmation of post-lactation slaughtering & of herd management for dairy 2 1 0 plants ca 9-10 months 0 5 15 10 - 1 d15N -d15Nmax (‰) δ15N (‰) - 2 Neolithic calf 1 - 3 Present day calf - 4 - 4 0 - 3 2 - 2 4 - 1 6 - 8 0 8 16 24 32 distance to neck (mm) BALASSE 2003, Anthropozoologica 7: 3-10. Milk Meat Neolithic calves weaned early: - shorter lactation in primitive breeds ? - control of weaning by the herders ? Balasse & Tresset, 2002, JAS: 29, 853–859) Balasse et al., 1997, CRAS, 325 : 1005-1010.

  7. Early Neolithic: 6th millennium cal BC Trasano (NMI= 18; Vigne & Carrère, unpub.) Bercy (NMI= 61; Tresset 1996, Balasse 1999) Le Gournier (Nd= 67; Brehard 2006) La Roberte (Nd= 77; Brehard 2006) Les Moulins (Nd= 104; Bréhard 2005) V. Tolosane R21 (Nd= 25; Fontaine 2002) Stragari (Nd= 29; Greenfield 2005) Blagotin (Nd= 77; Greenfield 2005) Vigne & Helmer, 2007, Anthropozoologica, 42, 2: 9-40.

  8. The MNHN IRMS service : a unique IRMS service devoted to human sciences The preparation lab Photo labo preparation The equipment for bioapatite analysis IRMS collagen IRMS carbonates J. Ughetto SEM 5 m

  9. Joséphine Lesur Phillipe Béarez François Poplin Christine Lefévre Anne Tresset Marie Balasse Elise Dufour Thomas Cucchi Jean-Denis Vigne Marjane Mashkour Sébastien Lepetz Joël Ughetto Robin Bendrey Antoine Zazzo

  10. Merci pour votre attention

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