Bones of domestic sheep dated to the early first millennium AD are described from the Dâures massif in the Namib Desert. The remains confirm earlier investigations which inferred the acquisition of livestock from indirect evidence in the rock art, suggesting a fundamental shift in ritual practice at this time. Dating of the sheep remains is in broad agreement with the dating of other finds in the same area and in southern Africa as a whole. The presence of suspected sheep bone artefacts, possibly used for ritual purposes, draws attention to the importance of livestock as more than a component of diet in the changing economy of hunter-gatherer society.

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公元第一个千年纳米布沙漠家羊的考古证据

在纳米布沙漠的 Dâures 地块中描述了可追溯到公元第一个千年早期的家养绵羊的骨头。遗骸证实了早期的调查，这些调查从岩画中的间接证据中推断出牲畜的获得，表明此时仪式实践发生了根本性的转变。绵羊遗骸的年代与同一地区和整个南部非洲其他发现的年代大体一致。疑似羊骨制品的存在，可能用于仪式目的，引起人们对牲畜的重要性的关注，在狩猎采集社会不断变化的经济中，牲畜不仅仅是饮食的一部分。