
철기시대 동안 지중해 연안 지역 간 양 개체군의 유전적 다양성과 이동 양상을 아스트라갈루스 뼈의 형태 분석을 통해 확인하였다.


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The movement of livestock across the Mediterranean is well-documented in the Neolithic era, but its significance during subsequent periods has received less attention. This study explores potential evidence for maritime connections between sheep populations in the Iron Age eastern Mediterranean by analyzing astragal bones from four coastal and inland sites in Israel and Cyprus. Employing an established geometric morphometric protocol, we investigated the hypothesis that intra-site morphological variability is higher in coastal sites, reflecting greater genetic diversity in the livestock populations. While our findings support this hypothesis, the conclusions are constrained by contextual and sample size limitations.

### Competing Interest Statement

The authors have declared no competing interest.

The contribution of Mediterranean connectivity to morphological variability in Iron Age sheep of the Eastern Mediterranean

철기시대-양-아스트라갈루스의-형태-분석을-통해-살펴본-남부-레반트-지역의-서쪽에서-동쪽으로의-형태-유형-확산


철기시대 양 아스트라갈루스의 형태 분석을 통해 살펴본 남부 레반트 지역의 서쪽에서 동쪽으로의 형태 유형 확산
