scholarly journals Feeding Management Strategies among the Early Neolithic Pigs in the NE of the Iberian Peninsula

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 839-852 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Navarrete ◽  
A. C. Colonese ◽  
C. Tornero ◽  
F. Antolín ◽  
M. Von Tersch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Feeding Management

scholarly journals Procurement and mobility during the Late Pleistocene: Characterising the stone-tool assemblage of the Picamoixons site (Tarragona, NE Iberian Peninsula)

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
María Soto
Keyword(s):  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Late Pleistocene ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Stone Tool ◽  
Petrographic Analysis ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Ne Iberian Peninsula

The Picamoixons site is a rockshelter located in the province of Tarragona (NE Iberian Peninsula). It was object of two rescue campaigns during 1988 and 1993, which led to the recovery of a complete archaeological assemblage, including stone tools as well as faunal and portable art remains that date the occupation to the 14th to 11th millennium BP (calibrated). This study involves a petrographic characterisation of the stone-tool assemblage in order to establish: 1) the procurement areas, 2) the raw materials management strategies and 3) the mobility radius and territorial sizes of the hunter-gatherers groups that occupied the site. The method applied comprises in a multiscale analysis that includes systematic prospection, the petrographic characterisation of geological and archaeological samples, an analysis of the chert types represented in the knapping sequence, and the definition of the mobility axes and areas frequented according to lithic procurement.A petrographic analysis of the chert in the prospected area led to the definition of nine macroscopic varieties related to five types (Vilaplana, Morera, Maset, Vilella and Tossa cherts), related to Lower and Upper Muschelkalk (Triassic), Lutetian, Bartonian (Palaeocene) and Sannonian (Oligocene) deposits.The study of the knapping sequences indicates the main exploitation of Bartonian cherts (Tossa type), and the use of Lutetian cherts (Maset and Morera types) for configuring retouched tools. The exploitation of the remaining raw material types identified is considered sporadic and opportunistic.Defining the procurement areas enabled the mobility radius to be assessed as between 3 and 30 km, highlighting the importance of the fluvial basins as natural movement pathways. The results indicate that the main procurement territory was 16 km2 in area, associable with a forager radius. The most remote procurement distances suggest a maximum exploitation area of 260 km2, defining an intra-regional range. This range presents parallelisms with various contemporaneous hunter-gatherers groups in Western Europe, suggesting a progressive mobility reduction dynamic during the Late Pleistocene-Initial Holocene.

Sucking Performance of Babies with Cleft Conditions

2007 ◽  
Vol 44 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Reid ◽  
Sheena Reilly ◽  
Nicky Kilpatrick
Keyword(s):  
Cleft Lip ◽  
Cleft Lip And Palate ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Bottle Feeding ◽  
Group Differences ◽  
Feeding Management ◽  
Ability Groups ◽  
Pressure Changes ◽  
Changes Over Time ◽  
Over Time

Objective: To describe the sucking performance of bottle-fed babies with cleft conditions. Participants: Forty 2-week-old-babies with cleft lip (CL; n = 8), cleft palate (CP; n = 22), and cleft lip and palate (CLP; n = 10) were examined. Methods: Suction, compression, and other sucking parameters were measured during bottle-feeding and compared to determine if they varied with cleft condition or feeding ability. Results: All babies with CL and one with CLP demonstrated suction. Thirteen of 22 babies with CP demonstrated suction but only three maintained regular pressure changes over time. Between-group differences in the amplitude of suction and compression were associated with cleft condition. Cleft lip participants demonstrated the greatest amplitude of suction followed by those with CP and CLP. Cleft lip and CP participants generated similar amplitudes of compression. This was greater than their counterparts with CLP. Good feeders (n = 15) generated high levels of suction, while satisfactory (n = 15) and poor feeders (n = 10) did not generate any during bottle-feeding. Conclusion: Between-group differences in intra-oral pressures were confirmed when babies were examined by cleft condition. Babies with smaller clefts (i.e., CL or minor soft palate clefts) were more likely to generate normal levels of suction and compression compared to their counterparts with larger clefts. Since good feeders were more likely to have smaller clefts it was not surprising that they demonstrated higher suction pressures than babies with satisfactory or poor feeding ability. Compression values were not significantly different across the feeding ability groups. These data may inform feeding management strategies.

scholarly journals Early Neolithic Ritual Funerary Behaviours in the Westernmost Regions of the Mediterranean

2021 ◽  
Vol 48 ◽  
pp. 2-31
Author(s):  
Daniel García Rivero ◽  
Ruth Taylor ◽  
Cláudia Umbelino ◽  
Miriam Cubas ◽  
María Barrera Cruz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
Southern Spain ◽  
Early Neolithic ◽  
Large Stone ◽  
Relevant Evidence ◽  
The Mediterranean

An intact archaeological context named Locus 1 has recently been discovered at Dehesilla Cave (southern Spain). The ritual funerary deposition consists of a complete pottery jar with part of a human calvarium over the mouth, and was occulted by large stone blocks. This paper offers a presentation of the new data provided mainly by the stratigraphic, osteological, pottery, lithic and radiocarbon analyses. A systematic review of the relevant evidence in the Iberian Peninsula during the Early Neolithic (c. 5600–4800 cal BC) provides a context for this finding and supports its interpretation with reference to several possible anthropological scenarios.

The effect of form and placement of feed for newly weaned piglets on growth performance for three weeks postweaning

2002 ◽  
Vol 2002 ◽  
pp. 78-78
Author(s):  
B. P. Corrigan ◽  
M. Ellis ◽  
B. F. Wolter ◽  
J. M. DeDecker ◽  
S. E. Curtis
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Nutritional Status ◽  
Growth Performance ◽  
Feed Intake ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Weaned Piglets ◽  
Feeding Management ◽  
Piglet Growth ◽  
Dry Diet ◽  
Weaning Piglets

At weaning, piglets must adapt to considerable changes in their environmental, immunological, and nutritional status. This period of adaptation is accompanied by a reduction in piglet growth rate that has been associated with the shift from sow’s milk to a solid dry diet. Consequently, feeding management strategies that result in increased feed intake may increase piglet growth rate postweaning. This study evaluated the effects of providing feed as a gruel and feeding on floor mats on piglet performance for three weeks after weaning

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