A Diachronic Study of Sus and Bos Exploitation in Britain from the Early Mesolithic to the Late Neolithic

Thisstudyexploresthechangingrelationshipbetweenhumansandtwoimportantanimals, pigsandcattle, duringtheMesolithicandNeolithicperiodsinBritain.FaunalremainsfromprehistoricsitesinsouthernBritainwerestudiedinordertounderstandchangesinthesizeandshapeofanimals, changesinpopulationstructureandotherinformationusefulforunderstandingchanginghumanmotivations.ItsresultscontributetoourunderstandingofNeolithisationprocessinBritain, earlyanimalhusbandrypracticesinthestudyareaandtherolethatpigsandcattlehadinMesolithicandNeolithicsociety."