ERC Consolidator Grant · 2022
CAMP investigates long-term pastoral dynamics in drylands, by developing an innovative and reliable methodology to study archaeological pastoral sites. Pastoralism has been recently endorsed by the FAO as a successful strategy to achieve food security by efficiently exploiting the inherent variability in natural resources. Modern pastoral systems represent the legacy of animal domestication processes that started before the beginning of the Holocene. However, our understanding of ancient pastoralism is hampered by the lack of a proper methodology that can overcome the ephemeral evidence that characterize pastoral sites. CAMP will pave the way, through methodological innovation, to a more…
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