All Outputs (88)

Pig hunting and husbandry in prehistoric Italy: a contribution to the domestication debate (2006)
Journal Article
Albarella, U., Tagliacozzo, A., Dobney, K., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2006). Pig hunting and husbandry in prehistoric Italy: a contribution to the domestication debate. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 72, 193-227

In this article the evidence of pig exploitation in the prehistory of the Italian peninsula and Sicily is presented. Though some differences in pig morphology seem to have existed between different parts of the country, a broadly consistent diachroni... Read More about Pig hunting and husbandry in prehistoric Italy: a contribution to the domestication debate.

Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centres of pig domestication (2005)
Journal Article
Larson, G., Dobney, K., Albarella, U., Fang, M., Matisoo-Smith, E., Robins, J., …Cooper, A. (2005). Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centres of pig domestication. Science, 307(5715), 1618-1621. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1106927

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 686 wild and domestic pig specimens place the origin of wild boar in island Southeast Asia (ISEA), where they dispersed across Eurasia. Previous morphological and genetic evidence suggested pig domestication t... Read More about Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centres of pig domestication.

Pigs of the ‘Far West’: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal (2005)
Journal Article
Albarella, U., Davis, S., Detry, C., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2005). Pigs of the ‘Far West’: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal. Anthropozoologica, 40(2), 27-54

The main purpose of this study is to outline the osteometric variation of Sus from the Neolithic to the present day in Portugal.We start by focussing upon two important Chalcolithic sites —Zambujal and Leceia— with their abundant collections of suid... Read More about Pigs of the ‘Far West’: the biometry of Sus from archaeological sites in Portugal.

The transition from wild boar to domestic pig as illustrated by dental enamel defects (LEH): a Japanese case study including the site of Torihama (2005)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., Anezaki, T., Hongo, H., Matsui, A., Yamazaki, K., Ervynck, A., …Rowley-Conwy, P. (2005). The transition from wild boar to domestic pig as illustrated by dental enamel defects (LEH): a Japanese case study including the site of Torihama

Hunter-Gatherer intensification and the straight arrow of progress: Australia and Northwest Europe compared. (2004)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). Hunter-Gatherer intensification and the straight arrow of progress: Australia and Northwest Europe compared. In T. Oestigaard, N. Anfinset, & T. Saetersdal (Eds.), Combining the Past and the Present: Archaeological Perspectives on Society (49-59). British Archaeological Reports

From Arene Candide to the Atlantic: the Bernabò Brea excavations and early domestic animals in the West Mediterranean. (2004)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). From Arene Candide to the Atlantic: the Bernabò Brea excavations and early domestic animals in the West Mediterranean. In P. Pelagatti, & G. Spadea (Eds.), Dalle Arene Candide a Lipari. Scritti in Onore di Luigi Bernabò Brea (123-132). Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali

Discussants' comments and overview. (2004)
Book Chapter
Bettinger, R., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). Discussants' comments and overview. In G. Crothers (Ed.), Hunters and Gatherers in Theory and Archaeology (475-490). Southern Illinois University, Center for Archaeological Investigations

Complexity in the Mesolithic of the Atlantic Façade: development or adaptation? (2004)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). Complexity in the Mesolithic of the Atlantic Façade: development or adaptation?. In M. Gonzalez Morales, & G. Clark (Eds.), The Mesolithic of the Atlantic Façade (1-12). Arizona State University

Animal bones and plant remains. (2004)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). Animal bones and plant remains. In J. Bintliffe (Ed.), A Companion to Archaeology (291-310). Blackwell

Mammal and bird remains from the underwater excavations at Møllegabet II. (2004)
Book Chapter
Hodgetts, L., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). Mammal and bird remains from the underwater excavations at Møllegabet II. In J. Skaarup, & O. Grøn (Eds.), Møllegabet II. A submerged Mesolithic Settlement in southern Denmark (144-147). Archaeopress

How the West was lost: a reconsideration of agricultural origins in Britain, Ireland and southern Scandinavia (2004)
Journal Article
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). How the West was lost: a reconsideration of agricultural origins in Britain, Ireland and southern Scandinavia. Current Anthropology, 45(S4), 83-113. https://doi.org/10.1086/422083

Post-processual views of the transition to agriculture in NW Europe have sought to decouple ideology and subsistence economy, as a means of protecting the status of ideology as the sole cause of change. Ideology (as reflected in material culture and... Read More about How the West was lost: a reconsideration of agricultural origins in Britain, Ireland and southern Scandinavia.

The chronology and frequency of a stress marker (linear enamel hypoplasia) in recent and archaeological populations of Sus scrofa in north-west Europe, and the effects of early domestication (2004)
Journal Article
Dobney, K., Ervynck, A., Albarella, U., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). The chronology and frequency of a stress marker (linear enamel hypoplasia) in recent and archaeological populations of Sus scrofa in north-west Europe, and the effects of early domestication. Journal of Zoology, 264(2), 197-208. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0952836904005679

Linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH), a deficiency in enamel formation visible on mammal tooth crowns, can be used as a retrospective indicator of physiological stress and developmental health in humans and animals. In this first study, for north-western E... Read More about The chronology and frequency of a stress marker (linear enamel hypoplasia) in recent and archaeological populations of Sus scrofa in north-west Europe, and the effects of early domestication.

Short- and long-term foraging and foddering strategies of domesticated animals from Qasr Ibrim, Egypt (2004)
Journal Article
Copley, M., Jim, S., Jones, V., Rose, P., Clapham, A., Edwards, D., …Evershed, R. (2004). Short- and long-term foraging and foddering strategies of domesticated animals from Qasr Ibrim, Egypt. Journal of Archaeological Science, 31(9), 1273-1286. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2004.02.006

Various biomolecular components preserved in domesticated animal bones recovered from the Nubian site of Qasr Ibrim are used for dietary reconstruction of their foddering and foraging behaviours. Utilising models of the biochemical correlations with... Read More about Short- and long-term foraging and foddering strategies of domesticated animals from Qasr Ibrim, Egypt.

The Three Age System in English: new translations of the founding documents (2004)
Journal Article
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). The Three Age System in English: new translations of the founding documents. Bulletin of the History of Archaeology, 14(1), 4-15. https://doi.org/10.5334/bha.14102

Age at death: a zooarchaeological technique with implications for anthropology, agricultural economics and history (2004)
Journal Article
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2004). Age at death: a zooarchaeological technique with implications for anthropology, agricultural economics and history. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in History and Archaeology, 1(1), 51-59

No fixed abode? Nomadism in the Northwest European Neolithic. (2003)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2003). No fixed abode? Nomadism in the Northwest European Neolithic. In G. Burenhult, & S. Westergaard (Eds.), Stones and Bones. Formal disposal of the dead in Atlantic Europe during the Mesolithic-Neolithic interface 6000-3000 BC. Archaeological Conference in Honour of the Late Professor Michael J. O'Kelly (115-144). British Archaeological Reports

The start of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in North-West Europe – the palynological contribution (2003)
Journal Article
Innes, J., Blackford, J., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2003). The start of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in North-West Europe – the palynological contribution. Antiquity, 77(297),

Early domestic animals in Europe: imported or locally domesticated? (2003)
Book Chapter
Rowley-Conwy, P. (2003). Early domestic animals in Europe: imported or locally domesticated?. In A. Ammerman, & P. Biagi (Eds.), The widening harvest : the neolithic transition in Europe : looking back, looking forward (99-117). Archaeological Institute of America

Derivation and application of a Food Utility Index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.) (2002)
Journal Article
Rowley-Conwy, P., Halstead, P., & Collins, P. (2002). Derivation and application of a Food Utility Index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.). Environmental Archaeology, 7, 77-87

A Food Utility Index (FUI) is presented for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.), derived from the experimental butchery of two individuals of differing ages. The results differ from FUIs produced for other species because of the different conformation... Read More about Derivation and application of a Food Utility Index (FUI) for European wild boar (Sus scrofa L.).

Iron Age cultigen?: experimental return rates for fat hen (Chenopodium album L.) (2002)
Journal Article
Stokes, P., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2002). Iron Age cultigen?: experimental return rates for fat hen (Chenopodium album L.). Environmental Archaeology, 7, 95-99

Archaeological finds of fat hen (Chenopodium album L.) from later prehistoric sites in Europe indicate that the plant was deliberately collected, perhaps even cultivated. Experiments are described involving the collection and processing of the plant,... Read More about Iron Age cultigen?: experimental return rates for fat hen (Chenopodium album L.).