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Bronze Age Cypriots farmed sheep and cattle herds - and feasted communally on wild deer and pigs on special occasions

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Excavated remains of Bronze Age households at Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus

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Bronze Age Cypriots farmed sheep and cattle herds - and feasted communally on wild deer and pigs on special occasions

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Article URL:  https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0275757

Article Title: Herd management and subsistence practices as inferred from isotopic analysis of animals and plants at Bronze Age Politiko-Troullia, Cyprus

Author Countries: USA, Canada

Funding: Funding was provided by National Science Foundation grants 0613760, 1031527, 1850259, 2114406, National Geographic Society grant 7820-05, a Harris Endowment Grant from the American Society of Overseas Research, and an Ignite Planning Grant from the University of North Carolina Charlotte. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.


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