Karis H. Baker
The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy.
Baker, Karis H.; Miller, Holly; Doherty, Sean; Gray, Howard W.I.; Daujat, Julie; Gray, Howard W. I.; Çakırlar, Canan; Spassov, Nikolai; Trantalidou, Katerina; Madgwick, Richard; Lamb, Angela L.; Ameen, Carly; Atici, Levent; Baker, Polydora; Beglane, Fiona; Benkert, Helene; Bendrey, Robin; Binois-Roman, Annelise; Carden, Ruth F.; Curci, Antonio; De Cupere, Bea; Detry, Cleia; Gál, Erika; Genies, Chloé; Kunst, Günther K.; Liddiard, Robert; Nicholson, Rebecca; Perdikaris, Sophia; Peters, Joris; Pigière, Fabienne; Pluskowski, Aleksander G.; Sadler, Peta; Sicard, Sandra; Strid, Lena; Sudds, Jack; Symmons, Robert; Tardio, Katie; Valenzuela, Alejandro; van Veen, Monique; Vuković, Sonja; Weinstock, Jaco; Wilkens, Barbara; Wilson, Roger J A; Evans, Jane A.; Hoelzel, A Rus; Sykes, Naomi; Gray, Howard W I; Kunst, Günther K; Pluskowski, Aleksander G; Evans, Jane A
Authors
HOLLY MILLER HOLLY.MILLER@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
Associate Professor
Sean Doherty
Howard W.I. Gray
Julie Daujat
Howard W. I. Gray
Canan Çakırlar
Nikolai Spassov
Katerina Trantalidou
Richard Madgwick
Angela L. Lamb
Carly Ameen
Levent Atici
Polydora Baker
Fiona Beglane
Helene Benkert
Robin Bendrey
Annelise Binois-Roman
Ruth F. Carden
Antonio Curci
Bea De Cupere
Cleia Detry
Erika Gál
Chloé Genies
Günther K. Kunst
Robert Liddiard
Rebecca Nicholson
Sophia Perdikaris
Joris Peters
Fabienne Pigière
Aleksander G. Pluskowski
Peta Sadler
Sandra Sicard
Lena Strid
Jack Sudds
Robert Symmons
Katie Tardio
Alejandro Valenzuela
Monique van Veen
Sonja Vuković
Jaco Weinstock
Barbara Wilkens
Roger J A Wilson
Jane A. Evans
A Rus Hoelzel
Naomi Sykes
Howard W I Gray
Günther K Kunst
Aleksander G Pluskowski
Jane A Evans
Abstract
Over the last 10,000 y, humans have manipulated fallow deer populations with varying outcomes. Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica) are now endangered. European fallow deer (Dama dama) are globally widespread and are simultaneously considered wild, domestic, endangered, invasive and are even the national animal of Barbuda and Antigua. Despite their close association with people, there is no consensus regarding their natural ranges or the timing and circumstances of their human-mediated translocations and extirpations. Our mitochondrial analyses of modern and archaeological specimens revealed two distinct clades of European fallow deer present in Anatolia and the Balkans. Zooarchaeological evidence suggests these regions were their sole glacial refugia. By combining biomolecular analyses with archaeological and textual evidence, we chart the declining distribution of Persian fallow deer and demonstrate that humans repeatedly translocated European fallow deer, sourced from the most geographically distant populations. Deer taken to Neolithic Chios and Rhodes derived not from nearby Anatolia, but from the Balkans. Though fallow deer were translocated throughout the Mediterranean as part of their association with the Greco-Roman goddesses Artemis and Diana, deer taken to Roman Mallorca were not locally available Dama dama, but Dama mesopotamica. Romans also initially introduced fallow deer to Northern Europe but the species became extinct and was reintroduced in the medieval period, this time from Anatolia. European colonial powers then transported deer populations across the globe. The biocultural histories of fallow deer challenge preconceptions about the divisions between wild and domestic species and provide information that should underpin modern management strategies.
Citation
Baker, K. H., Miller, H., Doherty, S., Gray, H. W., Daujat, J., Gray, H. W. I., Çakırlar, C., Spassov, N., Trantalidou, K., Madgwick, R., Lamb, A. L., Ameen, C., Atici, L., Baker, P., Beglane, F., Benkert, H., Bendrey, R., Binois-Roman, A., Carden, R. F., Curci, A., …Evans, J. A. (2024). The 10,000-year biocultural history of fallow deer and its implications for conservation policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121(8), Article e2310051121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310051121
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 14, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 12, 2024 |
Publication Date | Feb 20, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Feb 29, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 29, 2024 |
Journal | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
Print ISSN | 0027-8424 |
Electronic ISSN | 1091-6490 |
Publisher | National Academy of Sciences |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 121 |
Issue | 8 |
Article Number | e2310051121 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2310051121 |
Keywords | zooarchaeology, Humans, fallow deer, Balkan Peninsula, biomolecules, extinctions, translocations, Deer, Animals |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/31880119 |
Publisher URL | https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2310051121 |
Additional Information | Received: 2023-06-15; Accepted: 2023-12-14; Published: 2024-02-12 |
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