Multiproxy study of the last meal of a mid-Holocene Oyogos Yar horse, Sakha Republic, Russia

Barbara  Gravendeel; Albert Protopopov; Ian D Bull; Elza Duijm; Fiona L Gill; Aline M. Nieman; Natalia Rudaya; Alexei N. Tikhonov; Svetlana Trofimova; Guido BA van Reenen; Rutger Vos; Snezhana Zhilich; Bas van Geel

doi:10.1177/0959683614540953

Multiproxy study of the last meal of a mid-Holocene Oyogos Yar horse, Sakha Republic, Russia

Barbara Gravendeel, Albert Protopopov, Ian D Bull, Elza Duijm, Fiona L Gill, Aline M. Nieman, Natalia Rudaya, Alexei N. Tikhonov, Svetlana Trofimova, Guido BA van Reenen, Rutger Vos, Snezhana Zhilich, Bas van Geel

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The last meal of a horse that lived in the northern part of the Sakha Republic (Russia) c. 5400 years ago was studied using pollen, spores, botanical macroremains, lipid composition, and ancient DNA in order to reconstruct its components. Pollen of Poaceae was superabundant, but this may be because of over-representation as a consequence of grazed inflorescenses of grasses. We evaluate the paleo-environmental indicator value of the different methods applied. Botanical macrofossils and chemical data show what the animal had eaten. Pollen grains and the aDNA record also give information about taxa that occurred elsewhere in the landscape. The combined data point to an open landscape of a coastal tundra dominated by graminoids (Poaceae, Cyperaceae) with a limited amount of Birch and Alder.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1288-1296
Number of pages	9
Journal	Holocene
Volume	24
Issue number	10
Early online date	17 Jul 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0959683614540953
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2014

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Date of Acceptance: 29/04/2014

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ancient DNA
horse
last meal
lipds
macrofossils
mid-Holocene
pollen and spores
Sakha Republic

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Multiproxy study of the last meal of a mid-Holocene Oyogos Yar horse, Sakha Republic, Russia

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