The history of the domestic cat in Central Europe

• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2022.128
• Publication Date: 2022-11-09T07:01:15Z
• Authors: Magdalena Krajcarz; Maciej T. Krajcarz; Mateusz Baca; Michał Golubiński; Zora Bielichová; Jelena Bulatović; Péter Csippán; Vesna Dimitrijević; René Kyselý; Daniel Makowiecki; Adrian Marciszak; Nemanja Marković; Mladen Mladenović; Wim Van Neer; Theodor Obada; Ivana Živaljević; Aleksandar Bulatović; Vujadin Ivanišević; Stefan Pop-Lazić; Dušan Mihailović; Adam Ostasz; Kristina Penezić; Nenad Tasić; Perica Špehar; Jarosław Wilczyński; Danijela Popović
• Keywords: Zooarchaeology

A recent study from Central Europe has changed our perception of the cat's domestication history. The authors discuss how this led to development an interdisciplinary project combining palaeogenetics, zooarchaeology and radiocarbon dating, with aim providing insight into domestic expansion beyond Mediterranean.