Introduction involontaire de la souris domestique (Mus musculus domesticus) à Chypre dès le Néolithique précéramique ancien (fin IX[e] et VIII[e] millénaires av. J.-C.)

Cucchi, T.; Vigne, J.D.; Auffray, J.C.; Croft, P.; Peltenburg, E.

Abstract

Sample scarcity and the need of a methodology well-suited to determination of archaeological specimens are responsible for the lack of information on the mechanism and on the ecological and anthropological conditions of the spread of the house mouse in Europe. We applied Fourier outline analysis to the lower first molars of mice from assemblages trapped in water wells from Early and Middle PPNB in Cyprus (Kissonerga-Mylouthkia). Results suggest that the house mouse was a part of the Neolithic ecological and cultural package introduced into the island by the very first agro-pastoral societies coming from the mainland.

Citation

Cucchi, T., Vigne, J., Auffray, J., Croft, P., & Peltenburg, E. (2002). Introduction involontaire de la souris domestique (Mus musculus domesticus) à Chypre dès le Néolithique précéramique ancien (fin IX[e] et VIII[e] millénaires av. J.-C.). Comptes Rendus Palevol, 1(4), 235-241. https://doi.org/10.1016/s1631-0683%2802%2900033-7

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: Sep 1, 2002
• Deposit Date: Apr 6, 2009
• Journal: Comptes Rendus Palevol
• Print ISSN: 1631-0683
• Electronic ISSN: 1777-571X
• Publisher: Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 235-241
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/s1631-0683%2802%2900033-7
• Keywords: Chordata , Vertebrata , Tetrapoda , Asia , Middle east , Phanerozoic , Cenozoic , Quaternary , Upper quaternary , Holocene , Mammalia , Paleoecology , Fourier transformation , Data processing , Teeth , Archaeology , Cyprus , Neolithic.
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1583241