Pigs of the ‘Far West’ : the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal.

摘要: The main purpose of this study is to outline the osteometric variation Sus from Neolithic present day in Portugal. We start by focussing upon two important Chalcolithic sites — Zambujal and Leceia with their abundant collections suid bones teeth. Although it difficult clearly assign individual specimens as wild or domestic Sus, general patterns distribution measurements suggest that, at both sites, pig husbandry was more than boar hunting, slightly being represented Zambujal. Moreover, appears Portugal Chalcolithic, larger Mesolithic. scarcity data makes determine exactly when first domesticated Our Iron Age Islamic indicate stability size these periods but an abundance forms