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The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age.
Garrido, Jaime Lira; Tressières, Gaétan; Chauvey, Lorelei; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Calvière-Tonasso, Laure; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Southon, JohnHorses have inhabited Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal) since the Middle Pleistocene, shaping a complex history in the region. Iberia has been proposed as a potential domestication centre and is renowned for producing world-class bloodlines. Here, we generate genome-wide sequence data from 87 ancient horse specimens (median coverage = 0.97X) from Iberia and the broader Mediterranean to reconstruct their g...
The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age
Garrido, Jaime Lira; Tressières, Gaétan; Chauvey, Lorelei; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Calvière-Tonasso, Laure; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Southon, JohnHorses have inhabited Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal) since the Middle Pleistocene, shaping a complex history in the region. Iberia has been proposed as a potential domestication centre and is renowned for producing world-class bloodlines. Here, we generate genome-wide sequence data from 87 ancient horse specimens (median coverage = 0.97X) from Iberia and the broader Mediterranean to reconstruct their g...
The genomic history of Iberian horses since the last Ice Age
Garrido, Jaime Lira; Tressières, Gaétan; Chauvey, Lorelei; Schiavinato, Stéphanie; Calvière-Tonasso, Laure; Seguin-Orlando, Andaine; Southon, JohnHorses have inhabited Iberia (present-day Spain and Portugal) since the Middle Pleistocene, shaping a complex history in the region. Iberia has been proposed as a potential domestication centre and is renowned for producing world-class bloodlines. Here, we generate genome-wide sequence data from 87 ancient horse specimens (median coverage = 0.97X) from Iberia and the broader Mediterranean to reconstruct their g...
Carbonate microfacies reveal how Asturian shell middens formed in the mesolithic
Lucas Antunes Simões, Carlos Duarte; Iriarte; Eneko; Gutiérrez-Zugasti; Igor; Arias, PabloThe littoral platform of eastern Asturias (northern Spain) is a coastal karst modeled by the sea. During the Early Holocene, this landscape was exploited by successfully coastal-adapted hunter-gatherers. Intense coastal foraging resulted in accumulation of large amounts of shellfish in numerous karstic rockshelters. A century ago, the Count of Vega del Sella established the post-Paleolithic age of the Asturian ...
A multidisciplinary approach to characterise the Early-Middle Holocene palaeoen...
Costa, Ana Maria; Freitas, Maria da Conceição; Jiménez-González, Marco A.; Jiménez-Morillo, Nicasio T.; Barrocas Dias, Cristina; Val-Péon, CristinaIn this paper we present the results of a multidisciplinary study performed in the Carrasqueira valley, a tributary of the River Sado (SW Portugal), aimed at characterising the Holocene environmental conditions during the late Mesolithic occupation of this valley. Our findings are based on a 13.5 m long sediment core (Arez3) collected on the alluvial plain close to a late Mesolithic shell midden, the Arapouco s...
Late Holocene evolution of a Mediterranean incised river flowing to the Atlanti...
Costa, Ana; Freitas, Conceição; Leira, Manuel; Fonseca, Rita; Duarte, João; Diniz, Mariana; Arias, Pablohe aims of this work are to characterize the palaeoenvironmental evolution and the sedimentary fluvial responses to climate and river flow changes of the upstream reaches of the Sado estuary since the Mid-Late Holocene. By combining the previous information, we also intent to define the limit of the fluvial-estuarine boundary and maximum limit of tidal influence of the estuarine area during the last 4500 years....
A multidisciplinary approach to characterise the Early-Middle Holocene palaeoen...
Costa, Ana Maria; Freitas, Maria da Conceição; Jiménez-González, Marco A.; Jiménez-Morillo, Nicasio T.; Dias, Cristina Barroca; Val-Péon, CristinaIn this paper we present the results of a multidisciplinary study performed in the Carrasqueira valley, a tributary of the River Sado (SW Portugal), aimed at characterising the Holocene environmental conditions during the late Mesolithic occupation of this valley. Our findings are based on a 13.5 m long sediment core (Arez3) collected on the alluvial plain close to a late Mesolithic shell midden, the Arapouco s...
41. New perspectives on the Mesolithic of the Sado Valley (southern Portugal): ...
Arias, Pablo; Diniz, Mariana; Araújo, Ana Cristina; Armendariz, Ángel; Teira, Luis C.The lower Sado Valley in southern Portugal is one of the most important concentrations of Mesolithic settlements in Europe. Moreover, many of the sites included cemeteries, which have provided valuable information on mortuary practices of the last hunter-gatherers in southern Iberia and a very important sample of human remains. Despite the development of large systematic excavations in the mid-twentieth century...
Latitudinal gradient in dairy production with the introduction of farming in At...
Cubas, Miriam; Lucquin, Alexandre; Robson, Harry K.; Colonese, André Carlo; Arias, Pablo; Aubry, Bruno; Billard, Cyrille; Jan, Denis; Diniz, MarianaThe introduction of farming had far-reaching impacts on health, social structure and demography. Although the spread of domesticated plants and animals has been extensively tracked, it is unclear how these nascent economies developed within different environmental and cultural settings. Using molecular and isotopic analysis of lipids from pottery, here we investigate the foods prepared by the earliest farming c...
The curious case of the Mesolithic Iberian dogs: An archaeogenetic study
Pires, Ana Elisabete; Detry, Cleia; Chikhi, Lounes; Rasteiro, Rita; Amorim, Isabel R.; Simões, Fernanda; Matos, José; Petrucci-Fonseca, FranciscoWe investigated the genetic composition of six Canis remains from western Iberia, directly radiocarbon dated to 7,903–7,570 years (cal BP). They were identified as dogs via their archaeological and depositional context, osteometry, and a high percentage of aquatic diet shared with humans. For comparison, genetic data were obtained from an additional 37 Iberian dog remains from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity, a...