Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Fellowship
Unravelling livestock diet and mobility across the Bronze–Iron Age transition in the Western Mediterranean
OVIS
OVIS (Origins of Variability in Island Systems) is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions fellowship investigating the diet, mobility, and management of ovicaprids — sheep and goats — across the Western Mediterranean islands during the Bronze and Iron Ages.
Island communities in the ancient Mediterranean developed distinct strategies for managing livestock, shaped by geography, trade routes, and cultural exchange. By applying stable isotope analysis to faunal remains, OVIS reconstructs these strategies with unprecedented resolution.
Read more about the project →Project Updates
A new article on livestock mobility during the Bronze–Iron Age transition in insular contexts, presenting preliminary OVIS data.
Read more →New excavation and sampling campaign for the OVIS project, with international collaboration from three partner institutions.
Read more →Field & Science
The European Association of Archaeologists holds its 31st annual meeting, with sessions on zooarchaeology and insular Mediterranean prehistory.
Read more →A landmark synthesis article published in Journal of World Prehistory revises current models of livestock management in island contexts.
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