The name of the game: palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa
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The name of the game : palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa. / Le Meillour, Louise; Zazzo, Antoine; Zirah, Séverine; Tombret, Olivier; Barriel, Véronique; Arthur, Kathryn W.; Arthur, John W.; Cauliez, Jessie; Chaix, Louis; Curtis, Matthew C.; Gifford-Gonzalez, Diane; Gunn, Imogen; Gutherz, Xavier; Hildebrand, Elisabeth; Khalidi, Lamya; Millet, Marie; Mitchell, Peter; Studer, Jacqueline; Vila, Emmanuelle; Welker, Frido; Pleurdeau, David; Lesur, Joséphine.
I: Royal Society Open Science, Bind 10, Nr. 11, 231002, 2023.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - The name of the game
T2 - palaeoproteomics and radiocarbon dates further refine the presence and dispersal of caprines in eastern and southern Africa
AU - Le Meillour, Louise
AU - Zazzo, Antoine
AU - Zirah, Séverine
AU - Tombret, Olivier
AU - Barriel, Véronique
AU - Arthur, Kathryn W.
AU - Arthur, John W.
AU - Cauliez, Jessie
AU - Chaix, Louis
AU - Curtis, Matthew C.
AU - Gifford-Gonzalez, Diane
AU - Gunn, Imogen
AU - Gutherz, Xavier
AU - Hildebrand, Elisabeth
AU - Khalidi, Lamya
AU - Millet, Marie
AU - Mitchell, Peter
AU - Studer, Jacqueline
AU - Vila, Emmanuelle
AU - Welker, Frido
AU - Pleurdeau, David
AU - Lesur, Joséphine
N1 - © 2023 The Authors.
PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - We report the first large-scale palaeoproteomics research on eastern and southern African zooarchaeological samples, thereby refining our understanding of early caprine (sheep and goat) pastoralism in Africa. Assessing caprine introductions is a complicated task because of their skeletal similarity to endemic wild bovid species and the sparse and fragmentary state of relevant archaeological remains. Palaeoproteomics has previously proved effective in clarifying species attributions in African zooarchaeological materials, but few comparative protein sequences of wild bovid species have been available. Using newly generated type I collagen sequences for wild species, as well as previously published sequences, we assess species attributions for elements originally identified as caprine or 'unidentifiable bovid' from 17 eastern and southern African sites that span seven millennia. We identified over 70% of the archaeological remains and the direct radiocarbon dating of domesticate specimens allows refinement of the chronology of caprine presence in both African regions. These results thus confirm earlier occurrences in eastern Africa and the systematic association of domesticated caprines with wild bovids at all archaeological sites. The combined biomolecular approach highlights repeatability and accuracy of the methods for conclusive contribution in species attribution of archaeological remains in dry African environments.
AB - We report the first large-scale palaeoproteomics research on eastern and southern African zooarchaeological samples, thereby refining our understanding of early caprine (sheep and goat) pastoralism in Africa. Assessing caprine introductions is a complicated task because of their skeletal similarity to endemic wild bovid species and the sparse and fragmentary state of relevant archaeological remains. Palaeoproteomics has previously proved effective in clarifying species attributions in African zooarchaeological materials, but few comparative protein sequences of wild bovid species have been available. Using newly generated type I collagen sequences for wild species, as well as previously published sequences, we assess species attributions for elements originally identified as caprine or 'unidentifiable bovid' from 17 eastern and southern African sites that span seven millennia. We identified over 70% of the archaeological remains and the direct radiocarbon dating of domesticate specimens allows refinement of the chronology of caprine presence in both African regions. These results thus confirm earlier occurrences in eastern Africa and the systematic association of domesticated caprines with wild bovids at all archaeological sites. The combined biomolecular approach highlights repeatability and accuracy of the methods for conclusive contribution in species attribution of archaeological remains in dry African environments.
U2 - 10.1098/rsos.231002
DO - 10.1098/rsos.231002
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38026023
VL - 10
JO - Royal Society Open Science
JF - Royal Society Open Science
SN - 2054-5703
IS - 11
M1 - 231002
ER -
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