ジェームズタウンでの馬とろばの初期のトランスアトランティック移動
William Timothy Treal Taylor1,2, Nicolas Delsol3,4, Vicky M Oelze5
1Department of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder, 218 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
Science advances
|September 3, 2025
まとめ
ジェームズタウンの初期の馬とロバは植民地化にとって極めて重要であり",飢餓時代"で激しい処理に直面した. 分析により,その繁殖,運搬の利用,そして
科学分野:
- 考古動物学
- 生物考古学
- 植民地史
背景:
- アメリカ大陸の植民地化において,家畜の馬は重要な役割を果たしました.
- スペイン の 植民地 統治 者 たち が カリブ 海 に 馬 を 導入 し た こと を 記録 し て い ます.
- バージニア州 ジェームズタウン の 英語 の 植民地 は,東海岸 で 馬 を 受け入れ た 最初の 英語 の 植民地 の 一部 でし た.
研究 の 目的:
- ジェームズタウンの家畜の遺骸を分析する
- ジェームズタウンコロニーの馬の役割を理解するために
- 北米初期における馬の起源と移動を調査する.
主な方法:
- 家畜類の骨組みを考古学的に分析した
- 馬の骨を骨学的に調べる
- エクイッドの生物分子分析 (DNA)
主要な成果:
- 1609年の"飢餓の時間"の冬に 馬の密集した加工と消費が行われた.
- 運搬活動における馬の繁殖と使用の成功の証拠が見つかりました.
- ヨーロッパと西アフリカの血統が混じった 大人の家畜のロバが特定され 文書化されていない交換が示唆された.
結論:
- この研究は,北米の初期の定住期における家畜の移転の課題を強調しています.
- 発見は,初期のトランスアトランティック動物交換ネットワークのグローバルな接続性を強調しています.
- ジェームズタウンコロニーの生存戦略と資源利用の洞察を 提供しています
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