Analyses of Middle Helladic Skeletal Material from Aspis, Argos, 2. Stable Isotope Analysis of Human Remains

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ID11519281
AuthorsSevi Triantaphyllou (corresponding author), Michael P Richards, Michael Richards (0000-0001-5274-8887), Gilles Touchais (0000-0002-7225-2157), Anna Philippa-Touchais, Sophia Voutsaki
Year2006
Volume130
Issue2
Pages627-637
Publication date2006-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueBulletin de correspondance hellénique (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-4217 • E-ISSN: 2241-0104
PublisherPERSEE Program (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3406/bch.2006.7430
OpenAlexW2518762750
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This paper presents the results of a carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of human bones from MH Aspis. The aims of the analysis are to reconstruct the diet of the inhabitants of MH Aspis and to investigate dietary variation between population subgroups defined by age/sex and or social status. Seven samples were taken, out of which only four provided enough collagen for the analysis. The isoropic data indicate that the Aspis population had a fairly homogeneous C3 terrestrial diet, although the only man buried in the cemetery may have consumed more animal protein (meat and/or dairy products). Marine resources do not seem to have been favoured by the Aspis inhabitants. The overall isotopic signal of the dietary regime in the Aspis does not differ significantly from that observed among the inhabitants of Lerna and the group buried in Grave Circle Β in Mycenae

Biology · Geography · Homogeneous · Isotope analysis · Population · Stable isotope ratio · Zoology · Ancient Near East History · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Demography · Ecology · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Mathematics

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