Of cattle and feasts: Multi-isotope investigation of animal husbandry and communal feasting at Neolithic Makriyalos, northern Greece.

The aim of this study is to investigate livestock husbandry and its relationship to the mobilization of domestic animals for slaughter at large communal feasting events, in Late Neolithic Makriyalos, northern Greece. A multi-isotope approach is built that integrates analysis of: δ13C and δ15N values...

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Main Authors: Petra Vaiglova, Paul Halstead, Maria Pappa, Sevi Triantaphyllou, Soultana M Valamoti, Jane Evans, Rebecca Fraser, Panagiotis Karkanas, Andrea Kay, Julia Lee-Thorp, Amy Bogaard
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5991682?pdf=render