Stable isotope analysis of modern human hair collected from Asia (China, India, Mongolia, and Pakistan)

Dados Bibliográficos

ID8319243
AutoresA H Thompson (0000-0002-1508-1232, University of Utah, autor correspondente), Lesley A Chesson (0000-0002-8457-9341, University of Utah), David W Podlesak (University of Utah), Gabriel J Bowen (0000-0002-6928-3104, Purdue University West Lafayette), Thure E Cerling (0000-0002-3590-294X, University of Utah), James R Ehleringer (0000-0003-2050-3636, University of Utah)
Ano2010
Volume141
Fascículo3
Páginas440-451
Data de publicação2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.21162
PMID19918992
OpenAlexW2104223931
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas17
Referências citadas54

We report isotopic data (δ 2 H, δ 18 O n = 196; δ 13 C, δ 15 N n = 142; δ 34 S n = 85) from human hair and drinking water (δ 2 H, δ 18 O n = 67) collected across China, India, Mongolia, and Pakistan. Hair isotope ratios reflected the large environmental isotopic gradients and dietary differences. Geographic information was recorded in H and O and to a lesser extent, S isotopes. H and O data were entered into a recently developed model describing the relationship between the H and O isotope composition of human hair and drinking water in modern USA and pre‐globalized populations. This has anthropological and forensic applications including reconstructing environment and diet in modern and ancient human hair. However, it has not been applied to a modern population outside of the USA, where we expect different diet. Relationships between H and O isotope ratios in drinking water and hair of modern human populations in Asia were different to both modern USA and pre‐globalized populations. However, the Asian dataset was closer to the modern USA than to pre‐globalized populations. Model parameters suggested slightly higher consumption of locally producedfoods in our sampled population than modern USA residents, but lower than pre‐globalized populations. The degree of in vivo amino acid synthesis was comparable to both the modern USA and pre‐globalized populations. C isotope ratios reflected the predominantly C 3 ‐based regional agriculture and C 4 consumption in northernChina. C, N, and S isotope ratios supported marine food consumption in some coastal locales. N isotope ratios suggested a relatively low consumption of animal‐derived products compared to western populations. Am J Phys Anthropol 2010. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc

Agriculture · Archaeology · Biology · China · Delta · Geography · Isotope · Isotope analysis · Population · Stable isotope ratio · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology