Brian Chisholm
Biographic Data
| ID | 278705 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian Chisholm |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian |
| FAMILY NAME | Chisholm |
| SIGNATURE | CHISHOLM B |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 256 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 7 |
Examining prehistoric diet at Tung Wan Tsai, Ma Wan Island, Hong Kong through stable isotope analysis
In this study we describe some of the earliest human bone collagen δ13C and δ15N values from the Lingnan region in Southeast Asia. The samples (n = 10) derive from skeletal remains recovered from the Tung Wan Tsai site in Hong Kong and date to the Late Neolithic Period (ca. 2200–1500 BC). Our results show that the earliest inhabitants of Hong Kong relied heavily on marine resources, specializing particularly in high-trophic species. As organic pr…
Cultural and Genetic Contexts for Early Turkey Domestication in the Northern Southwest
The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was independently domesticated in Mesoamerica and the Southwest, the latter as the only case of Native American animal domestication north of Mexico. In the upland (non-desert) portion of the American Southwest, distinctive closely related mtDNA lineages belonging to haplogroup H1 (thought to indicate domestication) occur from ca. 1 A.D. (Basketmaker II period) through early historic times. At many sites, low freq…
Isotopic studies of the diet of the people of the coast of B ritish C olumbia
In 1982, Chisholm et al. used δ 13 C data for human burials from shell midden sites widely distributed on the coast of British Columbia (BC) to show the extreme dependence of these individuals on high trophic level marine consumers, principally salmon and marine mammals. Here, we present previously unpublished analyses of δ 15 N for some of the same individuals as well as δ 13 C data for additional individuals. Nitrogen isotope data show that the…
Early Occupation and Forest Resource Use in Prehistoric British Columbia
The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific
Recensione di un importante testo di antropologia. Gli esploratori preistorici del Pacifico percorrevano fino a centocinquanta miglia marine in ventiquattrore. Ma il criterio nautico cruciale era quello dell’intervisibilità tra le nuove isole raggiunte e le isole ancora da raggiungere, per creare una sorta di corridoio dello sguardo, di fondamentale importanza sia per la localizzazione delle successive mète di popolamento, sia per garantire la so…
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Evidence on Basketmaker II Diet at Cedar Mesa, Utah
Since the early 1900s various estimates have been made about Anasazi diet, particularly regarding their use of maize. Stable-carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis on the bone gelatin from ten humans recovered from sites in the Cedar Mesa area of Utah (carbon isotope results for eight of them were reported in Matson and Chisholm 1991) indicates that both the Basketmaker II and Pueblo people in that area relied heavily on C4 plants, or C4- eating h…
More on Prehistoric Subsistence in the Soconusco Region: Response to Ambrose and Norr
Prehistoric Subsistence in the Soconusco Region
Basketmaker II Subsistence: Carbon Isotopes and Other Dietary Indicators from Cedar Mesa, Utah
Four separate lines of evidence show that the Cedar Mesa Basketmaker II were dependent on maize horticulture: the settlement pattern of the mesa-top Basketmaker II; stable carbon-isotope analysis of Basketmaker and other skeletal remains from the Cedar Mesa area; and two different analyses of coprolites and midden constituents from the Turkey Pen Cave site (a Basketmaker II site in Grand Gulch, which drains parts of Cedar Mesa). All of these anal…
Fishing and Foraging
Assessment of Prehistoric Bison Foraging and Movement Patterns Via Stable-Carbon Isotopic Analysis
Whether or not bison made regular seasonal movements in the Northern Plains has generated some controversy in archaeology, yet there has been little empirical data to support or refute the hypothesis that bison made seasonal migrations. The various vegetation zones through which seasonal movements may have been made contain varying amounts of C3 and C4 plants. If bison did make seasonal movements, preserved bone collagen should exhibit fairly con…
Carbon isotope measurement techniques for bone collagen: Notes for the archaeologist
Marine and Terrestrial Protein in Prehistoric Diets on the British Columbia Coast
Stable-Carbon Isotope Ratios as a Measure of Marine Versus Terrestrial Protein in Ancient Diets
The stable-carbon isotope ratios for the flesh of marine and terrestrial animals from Canada's Pacific coast differ by 7.9 ± 0.4 per mil, reflecting the ∼ 7 per mil difference between oceanic and atmospheric carbon. This difference is passed on to human consumers. The carbon isotopic values (δ 13 C) for human collagen thus yield direct information on the relative amounts of marine and terrestrial foods in prehistoric diets.
Marine and Terrestrial Protein in Prehistoric Diets on the British Columbia Coast
Prehistoric Subsistence in the Soconusco Region
Carbon isotope measurement techniques for bone collagen: Notes for the archaeologist
Basketmaker II Subsistence: Carbon Isotopes and Other Dietary Indicators from Cedar Mesa, Utah
Four separate lines of evidence show that the Cedar Mesa Basketmaker II were dependent on maize horticulture: the settlement pattern of the mesa-top Basketmaker II; stable carbon-isotope analysis of Basketmaker and other skeletal remains from the Cedar Mesa area; and two different analyses of coprolites and midden constituents from the Turkey Pen Cave site (a Basketmaker II site in Grand Gulch, which drains parts of Cedar Mesa). All of these anal…
Cultural and Genetic Contexts for Early Turkey Domestication in the Northern Southwest
The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was independently domesticated in Mesoamerica and the Southwest, the latter as the only case of Native American animal domestication north of Mexico. In the upland (non-desert) portion of the American Southwest, distinctive closely related mtDNA lineages belonging to haplogroup H1 (thought to indicate domestication) occur from ca. 1 A.D. (Basketmaker II period) through early historic times. At many sites, low freq…
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Evidence on Basketmaker II Diet at Cedar Mesa, Utah
Since the early 1900s various estimates have been made about Anasazi diet, particularly regarding their use of maize. Stable-carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis on the bone gelatin from ten humans recovered from sites in the Cedar Mesa area of Utah (carbon isotope results for eight of them were reported in Matson and Chisholm 1991) indicates that both the Basketmaker II and Pueblo people in that area relied heavily on C4 plants, or C4- eating h…
Isotopic studies of the diet of the people of the coast of B ritish C olumbia
In 1982, Chisholm et al. used δ 13 C data for human burials from shell midden sites widely distributed on the coast of British Columbia (BC) to show the extreme dependence of these individuals on high trophic level marine consumers, principally salmon and marine mammals. Here, we present previously unpublished analyses of δ 15 N for some of the same individuals as well as δ 13 C data for additional individuals. Nitrogen isotope data show that the…
More on Prehistoric Subsistence in the Soconusco Region: Response to Ambrose and Norr
Assessment of Prehistoric Bison Foraging and Movement Patterns Via Stable-Carbon Isotopic Analysis
Whether or not bison made regular seasonal movements in the Northern Plains has generated some controversy in archaeology, yet there has been little empirical data to support or refute the hypothesis that bison made seasonal migrations. The various vegetation zones through which seasonal movements may have been made contain varying amounts of C3 and C4 plants. If bison did make seasonal movements, preserved bone collagen should exhibit fairly con…
Examining prehistoric diet at Tung Wan Tsai, Ma Wan Island, Hong Kong through stable isotope analysis
In this study we describe some of the earliest human bone collagen δ13C and δ15N values from the Lingnan region in Southeast Asia. The samples (n = 10) derive from skeletal remains recovered from the Tung Wan Tsai site in Hong Kong and date to the Late Neolithic Period (ca. 2200–1500 BC). Our results show that the earliest inhabitants of Hong Kong relied heavily on marine resources, specializing particularly in high-trophic species. As organic pr…
Stable-Carbon Isotope Ratios as a Measure of Marine Versus Terrestrial Protein in Ancient Diets
The stable-carbon isotope ratios for the flesh of marine and terrestrial animals from Canada's Pacific coast differ by 7.9 ± 0.4 per mil, reflecting the ∼ 7 per mil difference between oceanic and atmospheric carbon. This difference is passed on to human consumers. The carbon isotopic values (δ 13 C) for human collagen thus yield direct information on the relative amounts of marine and terrestrial foods in prehistoric diets.
Carbon isotope measurement techniques for bone collagen: Notes for the archaeologist
Marine and Terrestrial Protein in Prehistoric Diets on the British Columbia Coast
Assessment of Prehistoric Bison Foraging and Movement Patterns Via Stable-Carbon Isotopic Analysis
Whether or not bison made regular seasonal movements in the Northern Plains has generated some controversy in archaeology, yet there has been little empirical data to support or refute the hypothesis that bison made seasonal migrations. The various vegetation zones through which seasonal movements may have been made contain varying amounts of C3 and C4 plants. If bison did make seasonal movements, preserved bone collagen should exhibit fairly con…
Fishing and Foraging
Basketmaker II Subsistence: Carbon Isotopes and Other Dietary Indicators from Cedar Mesa, Utah
Four separate lines of evidence show that the Cedar Mesa Basketmaker II were dependent on maize horticulture: the settlement pattern of the mesa-top Basketmaker II; stable carbon-isotope analysis of Basketmaker and other skeletal remains from the Cedar Mesa area; and two different analyses of coprolites and midden constituents from the Turkey Pen Cave site (a Basketmaker II site in Grand Gulch, which drains parts of Cedar Mesa). All of these anal…
Prehistoric Subsistence in the Soconusco Region
More on Prehistoric Subsistence in the Soconusco Region: Response to Ambrose and Norr
Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopic Evidence on Basketmaker II Diet at Cedar Mesa, Utah
Since the early 1900s various estimates have been made about Anasazi diet, particularly regarding their use of maize. Stable-carbon and nitrogen isotopic analysis on the bone gelatin from ten humans recovered from sites in the Cedar Mesa area of Utah (carbon isotope results for eight of them were reported in Matson and Chisholm 1991) indicates that both the Basketmaker II and Pueblo people in that area relied heavily on C4 plants, or C4- eating h…
The Prehistoric Exploration and Colonisation of the Pacific
Recensione di un importante testo di antropologia. Gli esploratori preistorici del Pacifico percorrevano fino a centocinquanta miglia marine in ventiquattrore. Ma il criterio nautico cruciale era quello dell’intervisibilità tra le nuove isole raggiunte e le isole ancora da raggiungere, per creare una sorta di corridoio dello sguardo, di fondamentale importanza sia per la localizzazione delle successive mète di popolamento, sia per garantire la so…
Early Occupation and Forest Resource Use in Prehistoric British Columbia
Isotopic studies of the diet of the people of the coast of B ritish C olumbia
In 1982, Chisholm et al. used δ 13 C data for human burials from shell midden sites widely distributed on the coast of British Columbia (BC) to show the extreme dependence of these individuals on high trophic level marine consumers, principally salmon and marine mammals. Here, we present previously unpublished analyses of δ 15 N for some of the same individuals as well as δ 13 C data for additional individuals. Nitrogen isotope data show that the…
Cultural and Genetic Contexts for Early Turkey Domestication in the Northern Southwest
The turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) was independently domesticated in Mesoamerica and the Southwest, the latter as the only case of Native American animal domestication north of Mexico. In the upland (non-desert) portion of the American Southwest, distinctive closely related mtDNA lineages belonging to haplogroup H1 (thought to indicate domestication) occur from ca. 1 A.D. (Basketmaker II period) through early historic times. At many sites, low freq…
Examining prehistoric diet at Tung Wan Tsai, Ma Wan Island, Hong Kong through stable isotope analysis
In this study we describe some of the earliest human bone collagen δ13C and δ15N values from the Lingnan region in Southeast Asia. The samples (n = 10) derive from skeletal remains recovered from the Tung Wan Tsai site in Hong Kong and date to the Late Neolithic Period (ca. 2200–1500 BC). Our results show that the earliest inhabitants of Hong Kong relied heavily on marine resources, specializing particularly in high-trophic species. As organic pr…
Archaeology (12 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Prehistory (9 works) · History (8 works) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (8 works) · Biology (7 works) · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies (7 works) · Ecology (6 works) · Ecology (6 works)