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Early transatlantic movement of horses and donkeys at Jamestown.

William Timothy Treal Taylor, Nicolas Delsol, Vicky M Oelze, Peter Mitchell, Leah Stricker, Michael Lavin, Akin Ogundiran, Lauren Hosek, Christina Isabelle Barrón-Ortiz, Olumide Ojediran and 16 more

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William Timothy Treal TaylorDepartment of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder, 218 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0836-7814
Nicolas DelsolUniversité Laval, Laboratoire d'Archéologie, 300 rue Saint-Paul, Québec, QC G1K 7R1 Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-4927-6027
Vicky M OelzeAnthropology Department, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9029-8813
Peter MitchellUniversity of Oxford, School of Archaeology, 1 S Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3TG, United Kingdom.
Leah StrickerJamestown Rediscovery, Preservation Virginia, 1365 Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, VA 23081, USA.ORCID 0009-0009-4392-6210
Michael LavinJamestown Rediscovery, Preservation Virginia, 1365 Colonial Parkway, Jamestown, VA 23081, USA.ORCID 0009-0004-1106-0962
Akin OgundiranDepartment of History, Northwestern University, 1881 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7773-0461
Lauren HosekDepartment of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder, 218 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7184-3820
Christina Isabelle Barrón-OrtizRoyal Alberta Museum, Quaternary Studies Program, 9810 103a Avenue NW, Edmonton, AB T5J 0G2 Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-0732-875X
Olumide OjediranDepartment of Anthropology, University of Colorado-Boulder, 218 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.ORCID 0009-0003-6410-4941
Diana Quintero-BisonoMuseum of Natural History, University of Colorado-Boulder, 218 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.ORCID 0009-0008-6858-7529
Lucy Keith-DiagneAfrican Aquatic Conservation Fund, BP Joal, 23015, Senegal, West Africa.ORCID 0000-0003-0275-7966
Dane MagoonUniversity of Leicester, Archaeology and Ancient History, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, United Kingdom.ORCID 0009-0001-3129-4350
Matthew E HillDepartment of Anthropology, University of Iowa, 114 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4998-0057
Ariane E ThomasDepartment of Anthropology, University of Iowa, 114 Macbride Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9142-8122
Anna WatermanDepartment of Natural and Applied Sciences, Mount Mercy University, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5321-2539
David W PeateDepartment of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Iowa, 115 Trowbridge Hall, Iowa City, IA 52242, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7813-5824
Lorelei ChauveyUniversité Paul Sabatier, Centre d'Anthropobiologie et de Génomique de Toulouse (CNRS UMR 5288), Toulouse 31000, France.ORCID 0000-0002-5015-3924
Stéphanie SchiavinatoUniversité Paul Sabatier, Centre d'Anthropobiologie et de Génomique de Toulouse (CNRS UMR 5288), Toulouse 31000, France.ORCID 0000-0001-9007-6305
Laure Calvière-TonassoUniversité Paul Sabatier, Centre d'Anthropobiologie et de Génomique de Toulouse (CNRS UMR 5288), Toulouse 31000, France.ORCID 0000-0001-5140-074X
Luís BorgesDireção Regional dos Assuntos Culturais dos Açores, Rua da Conceição, Palacete Silveira e Paulo, 9700-054 Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal.
Aitor Brito-MayorUniversity of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Department of Historical Sciences, Pérez del Toro 1, Las Palmas de G.C. E35003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-2453-7780
Jonathan SantanaUniversity of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Department of Historical Sciences, Pérez del Toro 1, Las Palmas de G.C. E35003, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-9615-8560
George KamenovDepartment of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6041-6687
Ludovic OrlandoUniversité Paul Sabatier, Centre d'Anthropobiologie et de Génomique de Toulouse (CNRS UMR 5288), Toulouse 31000, France.ORCID 0000-0003-3936-1850
John KrigbaumDepartment of Anthropology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3113-7061

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Domestic equids were central to the initial colonization of the Atlantic coast of the Americas, a process partially chronicled by historical records. While Spanish colonists brought horses to the Caribbean decades earlier, settlement of the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia, was among the first dispersals of horses to the eastern seaboard. Archaeozoological analysis of identifiable domestic equid remains from two contexts associated with the initial occupation of Jamestown demonstrates intense processing and consumption of the first Jamestown horses during the "Starving Time" winter of 1609. Osteological and biomolecular study of these equid remains demonstrates their successful reproduction at the colony and use in transport activities and identifies an adult domestic donkey with mixed European and West African ancestry, possibly supplied through undocumented exchange during a transatlantic stopover. These results reveal the challenges of equid translocation in early settlement of eastern North America and the global connectivity of early transatlantic animal exchange.

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