In recent years, extensive archaeological studies have provided us with new knowledge on wool and woollen textile production at the Terramare site of Montale, in the Po plain, northern Italy. The large number of textile tools, and of zooarchaeological evidence suggesting intense sheepherding, hints at Montale being a specialized centre of wool production during the local Middle and Recent Bronze Age. The aim of our study has been to investigate, by means of strontium isotope analyses, whether engagement in this economic activity was facilitated by mobile herding practices or by regional/interregional exchange/trade of animals. To this aim, we conducted 75 strontium isotope analyses of tooth enamel from 36 zoo-archaeological remains of as many sheep/goat individuals from all the 11 archaeological phases identified at Montale and of four from the neighbouring early Middle Bronze Age site of Baggiovara. We also created a multi-proxy baseline from environmental samples of the region around Montale to interpret the results of the analyses from the sheep/goat teeth. Strontium isotope analyses have proven to be a powerful tool for the investigation of mobility when relevant and well-established baselines are available; our results hint at sheep herded to a consistent extent in the territory surrounding the respective sites. The data obtained in this study support earlier works suggesting that the territory around Montale had a significant pastoral vocation.

近年来，广泛的考古研究为我们提供了有关意大利北部波平原的蒙塔莱 Terramare 遗址的羊毛和羊毛纺织品生产的新知识。大量的纺织工具和动物考古证据表明，大量的牧羊活动表明蒙塔莱是当地中世纪和近代青铜器时代的羊毛生产专业中心。我们研究的目的是通过锶同位素分析来调查参与这种经济活动是通过移动放牧实践还是区域/区域间的动物交换/贸易来促进的。为了这个目标，我们对来自蒙塔莱 (Montale) 的所有 11 个考古阶段的 36 个动物考古遗迹和来自邻近的中世纪早期青铜器时代巴乔瓦拉遗址的 4 个遗迹的牙釉质进行了 75 次锶同位素分析。我们还从蒙塔莱周围地区的环境样本中创建了一个多代理基线，以解释绵羊/山羊牙齿的分析结果。锶同位素分析已被证明是在相关且完善的基线可用时用于研究迁移率的有力工具；我们的结果暗示绵羊在相应地点周围的领土内以一致的范围放牧。本研究中获得的数据支持早期的工作，表明蒙塔莱周围的领土具有重要的牧区使命。