Long term dynamics in husbandry practices and vegetation cover through the last three millennia in NE Iberia: a multi-proxy archaeological perspective
Zooarchaeological remains provide valuable evidence about animal husbandry and meat consumption in the past. Traditionally, it has been considered that past animal husbandry was mainly related to ecology, but new meta-analyses of zooarchaeological data suggest that a number of factors other than ecology (e.g. degree of economic integration, size of political structure, cultural/religious preferences) also play a significant role on the choice of species and animal size . This work will present a meta-analysis of zooarchaeological data from the NE of the Iberian Peninsula from the last three millennia (1200 BCE to present-day), and will combine different archaeological data on vegetation cover, animal husbandry and the degree of politico-economic integration as a mean to inform present-day debates on sustainable landscape management and animal husbandry.
