Sex in the city: Uncovering sex-specific management of equine resources from prehistoric times to the Modern Period in France
Benoît Clavel|Sébastien Lepetz|Loreleï Chauvey|Stéphanie Schiavinato|Laure Tonasso-Calvière|Xuexue Liu|Antoine Fages|Naveed Khan|Andaine Seguin-Orlando|Clio Der Sarkissian|Pierre Clavel|Oscar Estrada|Duha Alioğlu|Charleen Gaunitz|Jean‐Marc Aury|Maude Barme|Pierre Bodu|Monique Olive|Olivier Bignon‐Lau|Jean-Christophe Castel|Myriam Boudadi‐Maligne|Nicolas Boulbes|Alice Bourgois|Franck Decanter|Sylvain Foucras|S. S. Frere|Armelle Gardeisen|Gaëtan Jouanin|Charlotte Méla|Nicolás Morand|Ariadna Nieto Espinet|Aude Perdereau|Olivier Putelat|Julie Rivière|Opale Robin|Marilyne Salin|Sílvia Valenzuela Lamas|Christian Vallet|Jean‐Hervé Yvinec|Patrick Wincker|Ludovic Orlando
Sex identification from fragmentary archeozoological assemblages is particularly challenging in the Equid family, including for horses, donkeys and their hybrids. This limitation has precluded in-depth investigations of sex-ratio variation various temporal, geographic social contexts. Recently, shallow DNA sequencing offered an economical solution to equine sex determination, even environments where preservation conditions not optimal. In this study, we applied state-of-the-art methods ancient DNA-based determination 897 osseous remains order assess whether equal proportions males females could be found a range archeological contexts France. We Magdalenian horse hunt focused on isolated bachelors, Upper Paleolithic habitats natural traps equally balancing ratios. contrast, Iron Age sacrificial rituals appeared have been preferentially oriented male horses practice extended into Roman Period. During Antiquity, Middle Ages Modern Period, cities emerged as largely dominated by males. strong sex-bias was considerably reduced, sometimes absent, rural Combined with previous archaeozoological work textual evidence, our results portray urban economy fueled adult, often old, males, subadults both sexes were maintained sustain production demands.
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