Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành hóa học dành cho các bạn yêu hóa học tham khảo đề tài: Some like it hot: environmental determinism and the pastoral economies of the later prehistoric Eurasian steppe | Bendrey Pastoralism Research Policy and Practice 2011 1 8 http content 1 1 8 o Pastoralism a SpringerOpen Journal RESEARCH Open Access Some like it hot environmental determinism and the pastoral economies of the later prehistoric Eurasian steppe Robin Bendrey1 2 Correspondence r. bendrey@ 1Muséum national d Histoire naturelle UMR 7209 du CNRS Archéozoologie archéobotanique sociétés pratiques et environnements Département Écologie et Gestion de la Biodiversité USM 303 Case postale N 56 Bâtiment d anatomie comparée 55 rue Buffon F-75231 Paris cedex 05 France Full list of author information is available at the end of the article SpringerOpen0 Abstract Background Pastoral systems may be envisaged as a product of a number of interacting variables the characteristics of the animals the environment and of the human culture. Animal physiological and behavioural characteristics affect their suitability to different climatic topographical and ecological environments. This paper attempts to advance our understanding of the environmental factors constraining animal husbandry on the prehistoric Eurasian steppe an area that exhibits a broad range of environmental conditions through comparisons of data on archaeological animal bone assemblages and historic and modern herd compositions specifically the proportions of cattle sheep goats and horse . Results There are strong biases towards different taxa dependent on region. The consistencies between the later prehistoric animal bone data and the modern and historic livestock herd compositions indicate the constraining role of the environment on the pastoral economies practiced across the Eurasian steppe in that pastoral strategies appear to be focussing on species best adapted to regional environments. Other patterns may be indicative of socioeconomic trends such as the relatively low proportions of horse herded in modern times. Conclusions The results indicate variability in herd compositions
