Maria Sana

Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Departament de Prehistòria, Faculty Member

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Early animal husbandry in the Northern Levant

Paléorient, 1999

... VON DEN DRIESCH Institut fiir Palaeoanatomie und Geschichte der Tiermedizin Tierarztliche Fak... more

Sheep exploitation and husbandry in first farming societies: from production to consumption in Central Pyrenees in the Early Neolithic

by Alejandro Sierra Sainz-Aja, Maria Sana, and Lourdes Montes

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2019

Sheep were the most important species in the first domestic flocks in the Early Neolithic in the ... more Sheep were the most important species in the first domestic flocks in the Early Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula. However, their study has tended to stress their role as a fossil guide of the neolithization process rather than their economic importance. The process of their introduction and the initial sheep management and exploitation practices in the Pyrenean sector of the Ebro river basin are studied here based on two sites in this region (Cueva de Chaves and Espluga de la Puyascada). The age and sex composition of the flocks and comparative biometric analysis are the main variables used, and the data obtained are contextualized within the general panorama in the Iberian Peninsula and the western Mediterranean. The results show that sheep were rapidly introduced and included in subsistence strategies and that they maintained homogenous metrical characteristics during the Early Neolithic. The implications of the data for the debate on the neolithization process in the Iberian Peninsula are then discussed.

Feeding management strategies among the early Neolithic pigs in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula

by Andre Carlo Colonese, Vanessa Navarrete, Ferran Antolín, Eulàlia Subirà, and Maria Sana

The socio-economic relevance of domesticated animals during the Early Neolithic in the Iberian Pe... more The socio-economic relevance of domesticated animals during the Early Neolithic in the Iberian Peninsula is indisputable, yet we essentially know little about the way they were managed. Among domesticated animals, pig (Sus domesticus) was a common food source and previous studies have shown the potential of stable isotopes for assessing variability in pig diet in relation to husbandry practices. Nevertheless, this approach has never been applied to the earliest pigs in the Iberian Peninsula. We analyzed the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope composition of pig bone collagen from several Early Neolithic sites in the NE Iberian Peninsula. While pig δ13C values were similar across different populations, there were significant differences in δ15N values between sites. These are attributed to different pig husbandry systems, which may reflect distinct social and spatial organization and interaction with environmental conditions during the Early Neolithic in this region.

Metallurgical production from North-east of the Iberian Peninsula during III millennium cal. BC: the Bauma del Serrat del Pont (Tortellá, Girona) workshop

by GABRIEL ALCALDE, Miquel Molist, and Maria Sana

We examine the third millennium cal. BC levels from the small rockshelter of Bauma del Serrat del... more We examine the third millennium cal. BC levels from the small rockshelter of Bauma del Serrat del Pont. The site was settled by a small group, building a perishable structure except in the II. 5 level. Some evidence suggests a seasonal occupation of the site. Multidisciplinary research shows a broad spectrum of local resources involved in the dairy life of this people, including those related to metallurgical activity. We find very old tin alloys, plain or bell beaker decorated pot-furnaces (used to smelt copper ores) and clay tuyeres.Se presentan los resultados de la excavación en los niveles del III milenio cal. AC del pequeño abrigo rocoso de la Bauma del Serrat del Pont. El yacimiento fue ocupado por un grupo pequeño que organizó el espacio interno con una estructura de material perecedero, excepto en el nivel II.5. Algunos datos indican que las ocupaciones pudieron tener un carácter estacional. Los estudios multidisciplinares reconstruyen un aprovechamiento diversificado de rec...

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