Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques
For more than 50 years, European and French zooarchaeologists have been producing and publishing more and more data and studies related to livestock morphology. These data drive our global understanding of economic patterns and how they change over time. Due to the huge mass of information deriving...
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| description | For more than 50 years, European and French zooarchaeologists have been producing and publishing more and more data and studies related to livestock morphology. These data drive our global understanding of economic patterns and how they change over time. Due to the huge mass of information deriving from cattle remains, such debates often revolve around this species. This article offers an overview of knowledge on this particular topic. Moreover, based on an important unpublished corpus of osteometric data, it provides new insights into changes in cattle morphology and their historical implications in France, from Neolithic to modern times. From the first decrease in livestock size as a consequence of domestication, to growth between the Iron Age and the Roman period, and small individuals during the Middle Ages to the heavy Charolais breeds currently grazing in our pastures, this study aims to link cattle morphology and economic variations in order to improve our vision of French pastoral history, based on archaeozoological remains. This article deals with a vast chronological duration, but focuses mainly on the Gallic and Roman periods. The results outline a new image of agricultural dynamics during the La Tène period, and of the organization of Gallic territory until the first centuries AD. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e5992d25aae4496589fb4d66a08611352025-02-05T15:46:57ZengCNRS ÉditionsGallia0016-41192109-95882018-12-017514117110.4000/gallia.3904Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiquesColin DuvalBenoît ClavelFor more than 50 years, European and French zooarchaeologists have been producing and publishing more and more data and studies related to livestock morphology. These data drive our global understanding of economic patterns and how they change over time. Due to the huge mass of information deriving from cattle remains, such debates often revolve around this species. This article offers an overview of knowledge on this particular topic. Moreover, based on an important unpublished corpus of osteometric data, it provides new insights into changes in cattle morphology and their historical implications in France, from Neolithic to modern times. From the first decrease in livestock size as a consequence of domestication, to growth between the Iron Age and the Roman period, and small individuals during the Middle Ages to the heavy Charolais breeds currently grazing in our pastures, this study aims to link cattle morphology and economic variations in order to improve our vision of French pastoral history, based on archaeozoological remains. This article deals with a vast chronological duration, but focuses mainly on the Gallic and Roman periods. The results outline a new image of agricultural dynamics during the La Tène period, and of the organization of Gallic territory until the first centuries AD.https://journals.openedition.org/gallia/3904 |
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| title | Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques |
| title_full | Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques |
| title_fullStr | Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques |
| title_full_unstemmed | Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques |
| title_short | Bœufs gaulois et bœufs français : morphologies animales et dynamiques économiques au cours de La Tène et des périodes historiques |
| title_sort | boeufs gaulois et boeufs francais morphologies animales et dynamiques economiques au cours de la tene et des periodes historiques |
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