Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey)

Carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklık

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5396162
AutoresChelsea Budd (0000-0001-8527-9669, Oxford Archaeology), Necmi Karul (0000-0002-3044-6463, Istanbul University), Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg (0000-0002-1536-2931), Alfred Galik (0000-0002-7070-1035, Austrian Academy of Sciences), R J Schulting (0000-0002-4444-766X, Oxford Archaeology), Rick Schulting, Malcolm Lillie (0000-0002-6054-3651, University of Hull)
Año2018
Volumen10
Número8
Páginas2123-2135
Fecha de publicación2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565
EditorialSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12520-017-0523-4
OpenAlexW2737775491
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas50

Aktopraklık is a settlement site composed of three areas (A-C) in the Marmara region of northwest Anatolia, with phases of occupation that date to the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods, mid-seventh to mid-sixth millennium bc (ca. 6400-5600 cal. bc). Here, we present 54 human and fauna bone collagen stable isotope results from the site, alongside five modern fish bone collagen isotope results, to examine the nature of human diet. The stable isotope analysis shows that human diet comprised the consumption of select C3 terrestrial resources, with a preference for domestic animal proteins over plant proteins. The evidence to date suggests that animal husbandry was at the forefront of Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic subsistence practices. No isotopic difference in humans is observed between biological sex or between areas B and C at the settlement

Agriculture · Animal husbandry · Archaeology · Biology · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Fauna · Geography · Human bone · Isotope analysis · Isotopes of nitrogen · Prehistory · Stable isotope ratio · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Ecology