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Eaters of flesh or drinkers of milk?

Production and consumption in the Neolithic Caput Adriae

Dimitrij MlekuDepartment of Archaeology,

Faculty of Arts,University of Ljubljana

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Domestic Mode of Production ...

... and Consumption

household

consumption

production

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Carnivorous Pastoralism

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Milch Pastoralism

Resource extraction from milch animals constitutes an

essential part of their everyday care, which means greater

labour demand.

Households in milch pastoralism spread their interests by

distributing animals as gifts and loans to a range of stock-

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Eneolithic/Early BronzeAge

Late Neolithic/

EneolithicVlaka group

Mesolithic/

NeolithicTransition

Edera

Mitreo

Ciclami

Azzura

Gigante

Zingari

Tartaruga

Benussi

MalaTrigla

vca

Trhlovca

Podmol

Acijev

Assemblages

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Caput Adriae Kill-off Curves

0 20 40 600

20

40

60

80

100

Grotta dellEdera

age in months

%survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 1 (N=10)

Phase 2 (N=25)

Phase 3 (N=10)

0 20 40 600

20

40

60

80

100

Grotta del Mitreo

age in months

%survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 2 (N=10)

Phase 3 (N=25)

Phase 4 (N=6)

0 20 40 60

0

20

40

60

80

100

Grotta dei Ciclami

age in months

%survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 2 (N=10)

Phase 3 (N=14)

0 20 40 60

0

20

40

60

80

100

Grotta degli Zingari

age in months

%survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 2 (N=10)

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0 20 40 60

0

20

40

60

80

100

age in months

%survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 1 (N=10)

Phase 2 (N=61)Phase 3 (N=49)

Phase 4 (N=6)

Caput Adriae Combined

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0 20 40 60

0

20

40

60

80

100

age in months

%survived

inf iuv subadult adult

milk

meat

Phase 1 (N=10)

Phase 2 (N=61)Phase 3 (N=49)

Phase 4 (N=6)

Caput Adriae Combined

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Neolithic

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Eneolithic

Eneolithic/

Early

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Mesolithic/

Neolithic

transition

Middle

Neolithic

Late

Neolithic/

Eneolithic

Eneolithic/

Early

Bronze Age

Cattle

Small

stock

Specialisation and Diversification

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