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Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa

The human colonization of eastern Africa's near- and offshore islands was accompanied by the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long-term impacts on local environments. To better understand the timing and nature of the introduction of domesticated cap...

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Autores principales: Culley, Courtney, Janzen, Anneke, Brown, Samantha, Prendergast, Mary E., Wolfhagen, Jesse, Abderemane, Bourhane, Ali, Abdallah K., Haji, Othman, Horton, Mark C., Shipton, Ceri, Swift, Jillian, Tabibou, Tabibou A., Wright, Henry T., Boivin, Nicole, Crowther, Alison
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Publicado: The Royal Society 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8316820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34350011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202341
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author Culley, Courtney
Janzen, Anneke
Brown, Samantha
Prendergast, Mary E.
Wolfhagen, Jesse
Abderemane, Bourhane
Ali, Abdallah K.
Haji, Othman
Horton, Mark C.
Shipton, Ceri
Swift, Jillian
Tabibou, Tabibou A.
Wright, Henry T.
Boivin, Nicole
Crowther, Alison
author_facet Culley, Courtney
Janzen, Anneke
Brown, Samantha
Prendergast, Mary E.
Wolfhagen, Jesse
Abderemane, Bourhane
Ali, Abdallah K.
Haji, Othman
Horton, Mark C.
Shipton, Ceri
Swift, Jillian
Tabibou, Tabibou A.
Wright, Henry T.
Boivin, Nicole
Crowther, Alison
author_sort Culley, Courtney
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description The human colonization of eastern Africa's near- and offshore islands was accompanied by the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long-term impacts on local environments. To better understand the timing and nature of the introduction of domesticated caprines (sheep and goat) to these islands, this study applied collagen peptide fingerprinting (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry or ZooMS) to archaeological remains from eight Iron Age sites, dating between ca 300 and 1000 CE, in the Zanzibar, Mafia and Comoros archipelagos. Where previous zooarchaeological analyses had identified caprine remains at four of these sites, this study identified goat at seven sites and sheep at three, demonstrating that caprines were more widespread than previously known. The ZooMS results support an introduction of goats to island eastern Africa from at least the seventh century CE, while sheep in our sample arrived one–two centuries later. Goats may have been preferred because, as browsers, they were better adapted to the islands' environments. The results allow for a more accurate understanding of early caprine husbandry in the study region and provide a critical archaeological baseline for examining the potential long-term impacts of translocated fauna on island ecologies.
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spelling pubmed-83168202021-08-03 Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa Culley, Courtney Janzen, Anneke Brown, Samantha Prendergast, Mary E. Wolfhagen, Jesse Abderemane, Bourhane Ali, Abdallah K. Haji, Othman Horton, Mark C. Shipton, Ceri Swift, Jillian Tabibou, Tabibou A. Wright, Henry T. Boivin, Nicole Crowther, Alison R Soc Open Sci Ecology, Conservation and Global Change Biology The human colonization of eastern Africa's near- and offshore islands was accompanied by the translocation of several domestic, wild and commensal fauna, many of which had long-term impacts on local environments. To better understand the timing and nature of the introduction of domesticated caprines (sheep and goat) to these islands, this study applied collagen peptide fingerprinting (Zooarchaeology by Mass Spectrometry or ZooMS) to archaeological remains from eight Iron Age sites, dating between ca 300 and 1000 CE, in the Zanzibar, Mafia and Comoros archipelagos. Where previous zooarchaeological analyses had identified caprine remains at four of these sites, this study identified goat at seven sites and sheep at three, demonstrating that caprines were more widespread than previously known. The ZooMS results support an introduction of goats to island eastern Africa from at least the seventh century CE, while sheep in our sample arrived one–two centuries later. Goats may have been preferred because, as browsers, they were better adapted to the islands' environments. The results allow for a more accurate understanding of early caprine husbandry in the study region and provide a critical archaeological baseline for examining the potential long-term impacts of translocated fauna on island ecologies. The Royal Society 2021-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC8316820/ /pubmed/34350011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202341 Text en © 2021 The Authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Published by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Ecology, Conservation and Global Change Biology
Culley, Courtney
Janzen, Anneke
Brown, Samantha
Prendergast, Mary E.
Wolfhagen, Jesse
Abderemane, Bourhane
Ali, Abdallah K.
Haji, Othman
Horton, Mark C.
Shipton, Ceri
Swift, Jillian
Tabibou, Tabibou A.
Wright, Henry T.
Boivin, Nicole
Crowther, Alison
Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
title Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
title_full Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
title_fullStr Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
title_full_unstemmed Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
title_short Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa
title_sort collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island eastern africa
topic Ecology, Conservation and Global Change Biology
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8316820/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34350011
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202341
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