Compound-specific amino acid isotopic proxies for detecting freshwater resource consumption

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ID11897131
AutoresEmily C Webb (University of Bristol, autor correspondente), Noah V Honch (University of Bristol), Philip J H Dunn (0000-0002-3848-6187, University of Bristol), Gunilla Eriksson (0000-0002-9926-6524, Stockholm University), Kerstin Lidén (0000-0002-5911-9503, Stockholm University), R P Evershed (0000-0002-9483-2750, University of Bristol)
Ano2015
Volume63
Páginas104-114
Data de publicação2015-08-05
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Archaeological Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0305-4403 • E-ISSN: 1095-9238
EditoraElsevier BV (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1016/j.jas.2015.08.001
OpenAlexW1098503736
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas44

Of central importance to palaeodietary reconstruction is a clear understanding of relative contributions of different terrestrial (i.e., C3 vs. C4 plants) and aquatic (i.e., freshwater vs. marine) resources to human diet. There are, however, significant limitations associated with the ability to reconstruct palaeodiet using bulk collagen stable isotope compositions in regions where diverse dietary resources are available. Recent research has determined that carbon-isotope analysis of individual amino acids has considerable potential to elucidate dietary protein source where bulk isotopic compositions cannot. Using δ13CAA values for human and faunal remains from Zvejnieki, Latvia (8th – 3rd millennia BCE), we test several isotopic proxies focused on distinguishing freshwater protein consumption from both plant-derived and marine protein consumption. We determined that the Δ13CGly-Phe and Δ13CVal-Phe proxies can effectively discriminate between terrestrial and aquatic resource consumption, and the relationship between essential δ13CAA values and the Δ13CGly-Phe and Δ13CVal-Phe proxies can differentiate among the four protein consumption groups tested here. Compound-specific amino acid carbon-isotope dietary proxies thus enable an enhanced understanding of diet and resource exploitation in the past, and can elucidate complex dietary behaviour

Amino acid · Biology · Consumption (sociology · Isotope · Isotope analysis · Isotopes of carbon · Resource (disambiguation · Resource consumption · Stable isotope ratio · Total organic carbon · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Biochemistry · Ecology · Environmental Chemistry