Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa

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dc.citation.articleNumber202341en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber7en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleRoyal Society Open Scienceen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber8en_US
dc.contributor.authorCulley, Courtneyen_US
dc.contributor.authorJanzen, Annekeen_US
dc.contributor.authorBrown, Samanthaen_US
dc.contributor.authorPrendergast, Mary E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWolfhagen, Jesseen_US
dc.contributor.authorAbderemane, Bourhaneen_US
dc.contributor.authorAli, Abdallah K.en_US
dc.contributor.authorHaji, Othmanen_US
dc.contributor.authorHorton, Mark C.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShipton, Cerien_US
dc.contributor.authorSwift, Jillianen_US
dc.contributor.authorTabibou, Tabibou A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWright, Henry T.en_US
dc.contributor.authorBoivin, Nicoleen_US
dc.contributor.authorCrowther, Alisonen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T15:37:56Zen_US
dc.date.available2021-09-21T15:37:56Zen_US
dc.date.issued2021en_US
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationCulley, Courtney, Janzen, Anneke, Brown, Samantha, et al.. "Collagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africa." <i>Royal Society Open Science,</i> 8, no. 7 (2021) The Royal Society: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202341.en_US
dc.identifier.digitalrsos-202341en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.202341en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/111395en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherThe Royal Societyen_US
dc.rightsPublished by the Royal Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/, which permits unrestricted use, provided the original author and source are credited.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/,en_US
dc.titleCollagen fingerprinting traces the introduction of caprines to island Eastern Africaen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
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