A5023560659- Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Marine and environmental studies
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Forensic and Genetic Research
- Linguistics and language evolution
- Historical and Archaeological Studies
- Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Archaeological Research and Protection
- Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History
- Animal Diversity and Health Studies
- Eurasian Exchange Networks
- Tattoo and Body Piercing Complications
- Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
- Mineralogy and Gemology Studies
- Byzantine Studies and History
- Meat and Animal Product Quality
- Italian Fascism and Post-war Society
- Geophysical Methods and Applications
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
University of Tübingen
2020-2025
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
2023
Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale
2023
Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives
2023
French School at Athens
2023
Archéozoologie et Archéobotanique
2023
Brazilian National Association of Graduate Programs in Communication
2023
New Bulgarian University
2013-2021
The origins and prehistory of domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are incompletely understood; to address this, we generated data from 118 ancient genomes spanning 12,000 years sampled across Eurasia. Genomes Central Türkiye ~8000 BCE genetically proximal the but do not fully explain ancestry later populations, suggesting a mosaic wild ancestries. Genomic signatures indicate selection by herders for pigmentation patterns, hornedness, growth rate. Although first European flocks derive Türkiye, in...
Occupied between ~10,300 and 9300 years ago, the Pre-Pottery Neolithic site of Aşıklı Höyük in Central Anatolia went through early phases sheep domestication. Analysis 629 mitochondrial genomes from this numerous sites Anatolia, southwest Asia, Europe, Africa produced a phylogenetic tree with excessive coalescences (nodes) around Neolithic, potential signature domestication bottleneck. This is consistent archeological evidence management at which transitioned residential stabling to open...
Investigations of a balk in the centre prehistoric settlement Džuljunica-Smărdeš comprised sequence archaeological deposits from very onset Neolithisation South-eastern Europe throughout end Early Neolithic. The arrival Neolithic lifeways region coincides with period for which palaeoclimate proxies attest to considerable climate fluctuation. In connection these investigations, zoological finds were examined, provide insight into economy this key entire Balkan region.
The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, contrast, extremely rare. It not known if earliest people Europe did rear pigs, practised some form pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates human relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological...
Abstract The frontier position of the Balkan Peninsula, next to Anatolia and Aegean, emphasises its key importance for study Neolithisation processes taking place in Europe during seventh–sixth millennia BC. A look at distribution most Early Neolithic sites along submeridional alluvial plains central mountainous part often leaves impression that valleys Vardar, Struma, Mesta Maritsa rivers functioned as natural corridors, allowing rapid advance farming way life towards interior regions...
The Bulgarian site Džuljunica-Smărdeš, dating to 6205-5529 cal. BC, is one of the oldest Neolithic sites in Europe. Both domestic cattle and caprines are present zooarchaeological assemblage, but Sus, contrast, extremely rare. It not known if earliest people Europe did rear pigs, practised some form pig management, or only hunted wild boar. This research investigates human relationships, using biometry, kill-off patterns isotopic dietary analysis. With this integrated methodological...
Cattle were of great importance for the Neolithic farmers southeastern Europe, in particular as farming expanded towards well-watered regions Džuljunica (ca. 6200–5500 cal. BCE), one earliest known settlements northeastern Bulgaria. The clear stratigraphy and substantial Bos assemblage from Provided us with a opportunity to investigate beginning evolution cattle husbandry northern Balkans through stable isotope zooarchaeological analyses. relative abundance at leaves no doubt about beef...
Cabyle is one of the most important ancient cities in Southern Bulgaria with almost uninterrupted habitation for over a millennium between 4th c. BC and 6th AD. Philipp II found it as Hellenistic town was later overbuilt by biggest Early Roman castrum Upper Thrace castellum Episcopal seat, while occasionally devastated invading Celts, Goths Avars. Disentangling details such dramatic history among multilayered remains archaeological sites complex challenge calling solutions. The integration...