The Early Iron Age was an important period of Greek history during which the Greek city states emerged and the two earliest works of western literature, Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, were likely composed. This paper introduces the results of faunal isotope analyses (carbon and nitrogen) from the settlement of Zagora on Andros (900–700 BC), the first such study to focus on agriculture from the Greek Early Iron Age. Due to limited post-abandonment activity, Zagora provides us with a unique opportunity to investigate agricultural practices at a well-preserved settlement from the period. Amongst our findings we identify possible evidence of specialised cattle management as well as evidence that suggests agriculture may have intensified during the final decades of the settlement’s occupation.

早期铁器时代是希腊历史上一个重要的时期，在这个时期希腊出现了城邦状态，很可能组成了西方文学的两本最早的作品，荷马的《伊利亚特》和《奥德赛》。本文介绍了在安德罗斯岛（公元前900-700年）扎戈拉定居点进行的动物同位素分析（碳和氮）的结果，这是希腊早期铁器时代首次针对农业的研究。由于废弃后的活动有限，因此Zagora为我们提供了一个独特的机会，可以在此期间在保存完好的住区中调查农业实践。在我们的发现中，我们确定了可能进行的专门牛管理的证据，以及表明在定居点占领的最后几十年中农业可能已经集约化的证据。