TY  - JOUR
AU  - Balasse, Marie
AU  - Gillis, Rosalind
AU  - Živaljević, Ivana
AU  - Berthon, Remi
AU  - Kovacikova, Lenka
AU  - Fiorillo, Denis
AU  - Arbogast, Rose-Marie
AU  - Balasescu, Adrian
AU  - Brehard, Stephanie
AU  - Nyerges, Eva A.
AU  - Dimitrijević, Vesna
AU  - Banffy, Eszter
AU  - Domboroczki, Laszlo
AU  - Marciniak, Arkadiusz
AU  - Oross, Krisztian
AU  - Vostrovska, Ivana
AU  - Roffet-Salque, Mélanie
AU  - Stefanović, Sofija
AU  - Ivanova, Maria
PY  - 2021
UR  - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3350
AB  - Present-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product.
PB  - Nature Research, Berlin
T2  - Scientific Reports
T1  - Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making
IS  - 1
VL  - 11
DO  - 10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1
ER  - 

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author = "Balasse, Marie and Gillis, Rosalind and Živaljević, Ivana and Berthon, Remi and Kovacikova, Lenka and Fiorillo, Denis and Arbogast, Rose-Marie and Balasescu, Adrian and Brehard, Stephanie and Nyerges, Eva A. and Dimitrijević, Vesna and Banffy, Eszter and Domboroczki, Laszlo and Marciniak, Arkadiusz and Oross, Krisztian and Vostrovska, Ivana and Roffet-Salque, Mélanie and Stefanović, Sofija and Ivanova, Maria",
year = "2021",
abstract = "Present-day domestic cattle are reproductively active throughout the year, which is a major asset for dairy production. Large wild ungulates, in contrast, are seasonal breeders, as were the last historic representatives of the aurochs, the wild ancestors of cattle. Aseasonal reproduction in cattle is a consequence of domestication and herding, but exactly when this capacity developed in domestic cattle is still unknown and the extent to which early farming communities controlled the seasonality of reproduction is debated. Seasonal or aseasonal calving would have shaped the socio-economic practices of ancient farming societies differently, structuring the agropastoral calendar and determining milk availability where dairying is attested. In this study, we reconstruct the calving pattern through the analysis of stable oxygen isotope ratios of cattle tooth enamel from 18 sites across Europe, dating from the 6th mill. cal BC (Early Neolithic) in the Balkans to the 4th mill. cal BC (Middle Neolithic) in Western Europe. Seasonal calving prevailed in Europe between the 6th and 4th millennia cal BC. These results suggest that cattle agropastoral systems in Neolithic Europe were strongly constrained by environmental factors, in particular forage resources. The ensuing fluctuations in milk availability would account for cheese-making, transforming a seasonal milk supply into a storable product.",
publisher = "Nature Research, Berlin",
journal = "Scientific Reports",
title = "Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making",
number = "1",
volume = "11",
doi = "10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1"
}

Balasse, M., Gillis, R., Živaljević, I., Berthon, R., Kovacikova, L., Fiorillo, D., Arbogast, R., Balasescu, A., Brehard, S., Nyerges, E. A., Dimitrijević, V., Banffy, E., Domboroczki, L., Marciniak, A., Oross, K., Vostrovska, I., Roffet-Salque, M., Stefanović, S.,& Ivanova, M.. (2021). Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making. in Scientific Reports
Nature Research, Berlin., 11(1).
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1

Balasse M, Gillis R, Živaljević I, Berthon R, Kovacikova L, Fiorillo D, Arbogast R, Balasescu A, Brehard S, Nyerges EA, Dimitrijević V, Banffy E, Domboroczki L, Marciniak A, Oross K, Vostrovska I, Roffet-Salque M, Stefanović S, Ivanova M. Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making. in Scientific Reports. 2021;11(1).
doi:10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1 .

Balasse, Marie, Gillis, Rosalind, Živaljević, Ivana, Berthon, Remi, Kovacikova, Lenka, Fiorillo, Denis, Arbogast, Rose-Marie, Balasescu, Adrian, Brehard, Stephanie, Nyerges, Eva A., Dimitrijević, Vesna, Banffy, Eszter, Domboroczki, Laszlo, Marciniak, Arkadiusz, Oross, Krisztian, Vostrovska, Ivana, Roffet-Salque, Mélanie, Stefanović, Sofija, Ivanova, Maria, "Seasonal calving in European Prehistoric cattle and its impacts on milk availability and cheese-making" in Scientific Reports, 11, no. 1 (2021),
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87674-1 . .