The plant and animal components of Linearbandkeramik (LBK) subsistence systems were remarkably uniform with cattle, emmer and einkorn wheat providing the primary source of sustenance for Europe’s earliest agricultural communities. This apparent homogeneity in plant and animal use has been implicitly understood to indicate corresponding similarity in the types of husbandry practices employed by LBK farmers across the entire distribution of the LBK culture. Here, we examine the results from the stable (δ¹³C/δ¹⁵N) isotope analysis of animal bone and cereal grains from the site of Vráble-Veľké Lehemby (Slovakia), providing new information about Linearbandkeramik farming practices in the western Carpathians. Moderately high carbon isotope values from animal bone collagen show that all livestock were pastured in open areas with no evidence of forest pasturing, previously associated with LBK settlements in north-western Europe. High δ¹⁵N values measured from domesticated cereal grains suggest manuring took place at the site, while ¹⁵N enrichment in bone collagen suggest livestock fed on agricultural by-products and possibly grains. An integrated plant-animal management system was in use at Vráble where livestock grazed on cultivation plots post-harvest. Use of such strategy would have helped fatten animals before the lean winter months while simultaneously fertilising agricultural plots with manure. This study contributes to our growing understanding that although the building blocks of LBK subsistence strategies were remarkably similar, diversity in management strategies existed across central and north-western Europe.

Linearbandkeramik（LBK）生计系统的动植物组成非常明显，其中牛，Emmer和Einkorn小麦是欧洲最早的农业社区的主要食物来源。人们已经隐式地理解了这种动植物使用上的明显同质性，表明在LBK文化的整个分布范围内，LBK农民采用的饲养方式类型上具有相应的相似性。在这里，我们检查从稳定的结果（δ ¹³ C /δ ¹⁵N）来自Vráble-VeľkéLehemby（斯洛伐克）现场的动物骨骼和谷类谷物的同位素分析，提供了喀尔巴阡山脉西部线虫养殖的新信息。来自动物骨骼胶原蛋白的碳同位素值适度较高，表明所有牲畜都在空旷地区放牧，没有森林放牧的迹象，以前与欧洲西北部的LBK定居点有关。高δ ¹⁵从驯化谷物测量的N值建议施肥发生在现场，而¹⁵骨胶原中的氮富集表明牲畜以农业副产品和谷物为食。瓦勒布尔正在使用一种综合的植物-动物管理系统，那里的牲畜在收获后在耕地上放牧。这种策略的使用本来可以帮助他们在寒冬之前给动物增肥，同时给农田施肥。这项研究使我们越来越了解，尽管LBK生存策略的组成部分非常相似，但中欧和西北部欧洲仍然存在管理策略的多样性。