2026-06-30T05:21:55Zhttps://riubu.ubu.es/oai/requestoai:riubu.ubu.es:10259/113012026-01-30T01:05:45Zcom_10259.4_2551com_10259_5086com_10259_2604col_10259.4_2552
Alagich, Rudolph
Gkotsinas, Angelos
Perreault, Jacques
Bonias, Zisis
Dotsika, Elissavet
Adler, Lewis
Smith, Colin Ian
2026-01-29T09:45:57Z
2026-01-29T09:45:57Z
2024-12
1866-9557
https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11301
10.1007/s12520-024-02104-3
1866-9565
This paper contributes new data on animal management practices from the Greek Archaic and Classical periods. Management strategies and season of birth of caprines from the city of Argilos (ca. 655 − 357 BC) are established through the analysis of stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios of sequentially sampled tooth enamel. The results reveal a variety of management regimes being practiced by farmers at ancient Argilos, with no observable differences in diet and herding strategies between the Archaic and Classical periods. The samples that provide season of birth data, however, suggest a possible distinction between the two periods. Births are centred around autumn/early winter in the Archaic period and late winter/spring during the Classical period and could be the result of the prioritisation of different commodities by farmers.
This work was funded by the Nicholas Anthony Aroney Research Fund (University of Sydney) and Labex ARCHIMEDE, programme IA-ANR-11-LABX-0032-01 (Montpellier).
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Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences. 2024, V. 17, n. 1
https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-024-02104-3
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Classical period
Argilos
Agriculture
Stable isotopes
Greece
Arqueología
Restos de animales (Arqueología)
Archaeology
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Caprine management at Archaic and Classical period Argilos in northern Greece: the isotopic evidence from sequentially sampled tooth enamel
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