Transport of animals underpinned ritual feasting at the onset of the Neolithic in southwestern Asia - Communications Earth & Environment
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Ceremonial feasting in Early Neolithic Asiab, western Iran, involved transport of animals over substantial distances to celebrate far-flung social networks, according to analysis of microscopic tooth growth patterns and geochemistry.
![4. Elemental mapping
Outcome: Spatially
resolved trace element
(Ba) maps
3. Isotopic analyses
Outcome: "'Sr/*Sr ratios
(19-23 per tooth]
Outcome: 80 values
(23-44 per tooth)
2. Histology
Outcome: Identification of
consecutively formed enamel
segments and reconstruction
of enamel extension rate
(in pm per day)
1. Sectioning
Outcome: ~50 m-thick
ground section](https://friendica.ingram-braun.net/photo/preview/640/12925801 "4. Elemental mapping
Outcome: Spatially
resolved trace element
(Ba) maps
3. Isotopic analyses
Outcome: \"'Sr/*Sr ratios
(19-23 per tooth]
Outcome: 80 values
(23-44 per tooth)
2. Histology
Outcome: Identification of
consecutively formed enamel
segments and reconstruction
of enamel extension rate
(in pm per day)
1. Sectioning
Outcome: ~50 m-thick
ground section")