Re: Odp: Danubian Urheimat

From: Piotr Gasiorowski
Message: 1716
Date: 2000-02-28

"ivanovas/milatos" <ivanova-@...> wrote:
original article:http://www.egroups.com/group/cybalist/?start=1709
> Hello,
>
> Pjotr, you wrote:
>
> >The ratio of sheep to goats (20:1) and adult (68%) to immature (32%)
sheep at typical TRB settlements in Poland are good indirect evidence
of wool production.<
>
> I'm not trying to tell you they didn't produce wool, but the ratio
you give here looks quite similar to what I'm used to from herds that
are not raised for wool production but for milk and meat. Could you
explain your point here a little more clearly?
>
> Sabine

I'm not a shepherd, but Payne (1973, based on Anatolian material) and
Cribb (1985, for Europe) agree that a profile with two-thirds of adult
sheep is most typical of wool-producing flocks; the same pattern holds
for goats if raised mainly for milk. By comparison, in the Late
Danubian settlements in Germany, Hungary and Poland the proportion of
adult sheep and goats is much lower (while adult cattle bones are the
norm).

Piotr