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      High-resolution isotopic evidence of specialised cattle herding in the European Neolithic

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          Reconstructing stock herding strategies and land use is key to comprehending past human social organization and economy. We present laser-ablation strontium and carbon isotope data from 25 cattle ( Bos taurus) to reconstruct mobility and infer herding management at the Swiss lakeside settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, occupied for only 15 years (3384–3370 BC). Our results reveal three distinct isotopic patterns that likely reflect different herding strategies: 1) localized cattle herding, 2) seasonal movement, and 3) herding away from the site year-round. Different strategies of herding are not uniformly represented in various areas of the settlement, which indicates specialist modes of cattle management. The pressure on local fodder capacities and the need for alternative herding regimes must have involved diverse access to grazing resources. Consequently, the increasing importance of cattle in the local landscape was likely to have contributed to the progress of socio-economic differentiation in early agricultural societies in Europe.

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                Contributors
                Role: Editor
                Journal
                PLoS One
                PLoS ONE
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                plosone
                PLoS ONE
                Public Library of Science (San Francisco, CA USA )
                1932-6203
                26 July 2017
                2017
                : 12
                : 7
                : e0180164
                Affiliations
                [1 ] Institute of Prehistory and Archaeological Science, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
                [2 ] Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
                [3 ] Curt-Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry, Mannheim, Germany
                [4 ] Biogeochemistry, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland
                [5 ] Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
                New York State Museum, UNITED STATES
                Author notes

                Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

                • Conceptualization: JS VH AWGP CK CG TD MFL.

                • Formal analysis: CG TD.

                • Funding acquisition: JS.

                • Investigation: CG TD AWGP MFL TK CK VH JS.

                • Project administration: JS CG TD.

                • Supervision: JS AWGP MFL VH.

                • Writing – original draft: CG TD.

                • Writing – review & editing: CG TD AWGP MFL CK TK JS VH.

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                http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4619-7032
                Article
                PONE-D-17-12436
                10.1371/journal.pone.0180164
                5528262
                28746367
                06d8b8a2-e76f-4441-bab0-83617dee53a3
                © 2017 Gerling et al

                This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

                History
                : 30 March 2017
                : 9 June 2017
                Page count
                Figures: 4, Tables: 1, Pages: 20
                Funding
                Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001711, Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung;
                Award ID: CR12I2_143815/1
                Award Recipient :
                The research leading to this article was part of the project CR12I2_143815/1 funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation ( www.snf.ch). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
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                Biology and Life Sciences
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                Amniotes
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