Characterizing the Diet of Individuals at the Neolithic Chambered Tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, England, Using Stable Isotopic Analysis
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8354534 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R Hedges (University of Oxford, corresponding author), Alan Saville (National Museums Scotland), T C O''Connell (0000-0002-4744-0332, University of Cambridge), T O’CONNELL |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 114-128 |
| Publication date | 2008-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeometry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-813X • E-ISSN: 1475-4754 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1475-4754.2007.00379.x |
| OpenAlex | W1496757570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 30 |
| References cited | 37 |
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope compositions were measured on human and faunal bones, sampled from the Neolithic chambered tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, UK. The values were used to characterize the diet of the burial community as a whole. Humans were higher in δ 15 N by 4.5–5.0‰ relative to animal δ 15 N, from which we conclude that, based on currently accepted interpretations of isotopic data, the humans consumed a diet that was very high in meat or animal products (75% by weight of protein). Comparison was also possible between cortical and cancellous femoral collagen, with the results showing no significant difference for the adult humans. The sample of human isotopic values showed little variability, in contrast to that found in the domestic and wild animals from the site (including cattle, pigs, sheep and deer). We suggest that this is due to local environmental differences, rather than to environmental change over time or physiological differences between individual animals, and that this pattern is likely to hold for many other archaeological sites when analysed with sufficient statistical weight
Animal science · Archaeology · Biology · Geography · Human animal · Human bone · Isotope analysis · Livestock · Stable isotope ratio · Zoology · δ13C · δ15N · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology
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