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SUMMARY:Sheep Breeds in Bronze Age Kazakhstan: A Geometric Morphometric Ap
 proach - Ashleigh Haruda 
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CONTACT:Jennifer Bates
DESCRIPTION:Pastoral livelihoods are intimately connected with the health 
 of the flock. One way to ensure high productivity and health in a herd is 
 to reduce risk by herding sheep that are specially adapted to particular e
 nvironments\, for example those animals with adaptations to their feet whi
 ch were able to handle marshy or rocky ground. Pastoralists may encourage 
 this diversity in adaptation through selective breeding\, or a flock may g
 radually express different adaptations through attrition. Kazakhstan prese
 nts a wealth of discrete archaeological pastoral assemblages\, with a docu
 mented history of a wide variety of nomadic pastoralism ranging from verti
 cal transhumance to long distance nomadism. Using geometric morphometric t
 echniques on these zooarchaeological collections\, it is possible to diffe
 rentiate sheep breeds and hence to reveal which breeds of sheep lived in d
 ifferent environments in ancient times\, revealing previously unstudied re
 lationships between people\, animals and land. 
LOCATION:Seminar Room\, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research\, D
 owning Site
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