Wilkinson, P. F. (1971). Neolithic postscript. Antiquity 45. Vol 45, pp. 193-196.
Title The title of the publication or report |
Neolithic postscript | ||||
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Issue The name of the volume or issue |
Antiquity 45 | ||||
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Antiquity | ||||
Volume Volume number and part |
45 | ||||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
193 - 196 | ||||
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The postscript is to Case's "Neolithic Explanations" (70/616) and relates to current experimental work in domesticating the musk ox and the moose. With both these species wild calves are being caught, easily tamed and used when mature for selective breeding. Unless a species migrates seasonally it can safely be left to forage unattended except for, eg, wool-collection and calf-taming. Wild moose are attracted to the domesticated, not vice versa. Cross-breeding of domesticated with wild animals may be actively sought rather than avoided. In prehistoric times, reliance on stored winter feed (with its enormous labour costs) is less likely than the exploitation of areas where natural winter feed was available. The greatest problem of the Neolithic stock-raisers entering Britain was probably the sea-transport of their animals; however, the ease of taming indigenous wild stock suggests this as the principal means of augmenting imported domestic herd nuclei. | ||||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1971 | ||||
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05 Dec 2008 |