Environmental reconstructions based on aquatic and terrestrial snails originating from the Early Bronze Age and the Late Islamic Period– A stable isotope case study from the Al-Khashbah archaeological Site, Sultanate of Oman
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13097009 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Katharina E Schmitt (0000-0001-5175-4070, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, corresponding author), Eric Otto Walliser (0000-0001-9996-5256, Museum Wiesbaden), Bernd R Schöne (0000-0002-6879-1633, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Christoph J Gey (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz), Conrad Schmidt (0000-0003-1336-2484, University of Tübingen) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Pages | 103620-103620 |
| Publication date | 2022-09-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Archaeological Science Reports (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2352-409X • E-ISSN: 2352-4103 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103620 |
| OpenAlex | W4296126999 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 41 |
Fossil shells of terrestrial and aquatic snails provide important information for the reconstruction of the Early Bronze Age environmental conditions in the Sultanate of Oman. Terrestrial species can be used to reconstruct available and thus consumed vegetation and the origin of precipitation, while aquatic species are useful for temperature estimates. The aim of this study is to identify past environmental conditions by generating high-resolution stable isotope series from well-preserved aragonitic shells of gastropods. A total of seven shells of the terrestrial species Zootecus insularis and five aquatic snails, Melanoides tuberculata, from Al-Khashbah were sampled. Eight of them were dated to the Early Bronze Age and four belong to the Late Islamic period that can be used as a reference. Stable isotope data of carbon (δ13Cshell) of the terrestrial snails indicate a change in digested vegetation from C3 plants in the Early Bronze Age to C4 plants in the Late Islamic period. δ18Oshell data obtained by the fully aquatic snails (range of max. 1 ‰) suggests a habitat, e.g., groundwater, with a strong environmental buffering effect. Though sudden rainfall events followed by subsequent evaporation are not recorded in the isotope record, data suggest highly variable palaeoprecipitation regimes with different origins (Indian Ocean and Mediterranean)
Aquatic ecosystem · Archaeology · Biology · Bronze Age · Climate change · Ecosystem · Environmental change · Geography · Habitat · Holocene · Isotope analysis · Mediterranean climate · Period (music · Stable isotope ratio · Terrestrial ecosystem · Terrestrial plant · Vegetation (pathology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology and Paleoclimatology Research · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |