Cross-sectional properties of reindeer long bones and metapodials allow identification of activity patterns
Abstract Habitual loading patterns of domesticated animals may differ due to human influence from their wild counterparts. In the early stages of human-reindeer interaction, cargo and draft use was likely important, as well as corralling tame reindeer. This may result to changes in loading as increa...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe2021100549397 2023-07-30T04:06:29+02:00 Cross-sectional properties of reindeer long bones and metapodials allow identification of activity patterns Niinimäki, S. (Sirpa) Härkönen, L. (Laura) Puolakka, H.-L. (Hanna-Leena) van den Berg, M. (Mathilde) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) 2021 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2021100549397 eng eng Springer Nature info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/756431/EU/Domestication in Action - Tracing Archaeological Markers of Human-Animal Interaction/DOMESTICATION info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © The Author(s) 2021. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Bone biomechanical properties Domestication Human-reindeer interaction Physical activity reconstruction Rangifer tarandus info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2021 ftunivoulu 2023-07-08T20:00:48Z Abstract Habitual loading patterns of domesticated animals may differ due to human influence from their wild counterparts. In the early stages of human-reindeer interaction, cargo and draft use was likely important, as well as corralling tame reindeer. This may result to changes in loading as increased (working) or decreased (captive) loading, as well as foraging patterns (digging for lichen from under the snow versus fed working and/or captive reindeer). Our aim is to study whether differences in activity modify variation in bone cross-sectional properties and external dimensions. Our material consists of donated skeletons of modern reindeer: 20 working reindeer (19 racing and one draft), 24 zoo reindeer, and sample of 78 free-ranging/wild reindeer as a reference group. We used general linear modelling to first establish the total variation in cross-sectional properties among wild and free-ranging reindeer, and then to infer how differences in loading modify observed variation among zoo and working reindeer. According to our results, direction of greater bone quantity as well as external dimensions in of radioulna of female reindeer differs from female reference group, likely relating to foraging behavior. External dimensions of humerus differ in working and zoo male reindeer compared to male reference group. Increased robusticity of long bones, especially of tibia among working male reindeer, may indicate increased loading, and increased cortical area of long bones may indicate sedentary lifestyle among female reindeer. The results of this study can be used to understand early stages of reindeer domestication by observing reindeer activity patterns from archaeological material. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rangifer tarandus Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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Abstract Habitual loading patterns of domesticated animals may differ due to human influence from their wild counterparts. In the early stages of human-reindeer interaction, cargo and draft use was likely important, as well as corralling tame reindeer. This may result to changes in loading as increased (working) or decreased (captive) loading, as well as foraging patterns (digging for lichen from under the snow versus fed working and/or captive reindeer). Our aim is to study whether differences in activity modify variation in bone cross-sectional properties and external dimensions. Our material consists of donated skeletons of modern reindeer: 20 working reindeer (19 racing and one draft), 24 zoo reindeer, and sample of 78 free-ranging/wild reindeer as a reference group. We used general linear modelling to first establish the total variation in cross-sectional properties among wild and free-ranging reindeer, and then to infer how differences in loading modify observed variation among zoo and working reindeer. According to our results, direction of greater bone quantity as well as external dimensions in of radioulna of female reindeer differs from female reference group, likely relating to foraging behavior. External dimensions of humerus differ in working and zoo male reindeer compared to male reference group. Increased robusticity of long bones, especially of tibia among working male reindeer, may indicate increased loading, and increased cortical area of long bones may indicate sedentary lifestyle among female reindeer. The results of this study can be used to understand early stages of reindeer domestication by observing reindeer activity patterns from archaeological material. |
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Niinimäki, S. (Sirpa) Härkönen, L. (Laura) Puolakka, H.-L. (Hanna-Leena) van den Berg, M. (Mathilde) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) |
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Niinimäki, S. (Sirpa) Härkönen, L. (Laura) Puolakka, H.-L. (Hanna-Leena) van den Berg, M. (Mathilde) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) |
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Cross-sectional properties of reindeer long bones and metapodials allow identification of activity patterns |
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Cross-sectional properties of reindeer long bones and metapodials allow identification of activity patterns |
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Cross-sectional properties of reindeer long bones and metapodials allow identification of activity patterns |
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cross-sectional properties of reindeer long bones and metapodials allow identification of activity patterns |
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