Isotopic Analysis of Faunal Material from South Uist, Western Isles, Scotland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4629453 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqui Mulville (0000-0002-9392-3693, Cardiff University, corresponding author), Rich Madgwick (Cardiff University), R E Stevens (0000-0002-6140-4549, University of Cambridge), Rhiannon Stevens, T C O''Connell (0000-0002-4744-0332, University of Cambridge), Tamsin O''Connell, Tamsin O'Connell, Oliver E Craig (0000-0002-4296-8402), Oliver Craig, Adrienne Powell (Cardiff University), N Sharples (0000-0001-8736-2554, Cardiff University), Mike Parker Pearson (0000-0002-7341-121X) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Pages | 51-59 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the North Atlantic (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1935-1933 • E-ISSN: 1935-1933 |
| Publisher | Journal of the North Atlantic (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3721/037.002.0106 |
| OpenAlex | W2144342717 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 17 |
| References cited | 36 |
This paper reports on the results from stable isotope analysis of faunal bone collagen from a number of Iron Age and later sites on the island of South Uist, in the Western Isles, Scotland. This preliminary investigation into the isotopic signatures of the fauna is part of a larger project to model the interaction between humans, animals, and the broader environment in the Western Isles. The results demonstrate that the island fauna data fall within the range of expected results for the UK, with the terrestrial herbivorous diets of cattle and sheep confirmed. The isotopic composition for pigs suggests that some of these animals had an omnivorous diet, whilst a single red deer value might be suggestive of the consumption of marine foods, such as by grazing on seaweed. However, further analysis is needed in order to verify this anomalous isotopic ratio
Biology · Fauna · Geography · Grazing · Herbivore · Isotope analysis · Omnivore · Stable isotope ratio · δ13C · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology
Dietary reconstruction in Migration Period Central Germany
Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) mapping
Farming and feasting during the Bronze Age–Iron Age transition in Britain (ca. 900–500 bce)
High δ 15 N and δ 13 C Values in Aurochs, Cattle and Sheep Bones from Salt Marshes in the North of The Netherlands
Diversity in foddering strategy and herd management in late Bronze Age Britain
Possible Wild Boar Management during the Ertebølle Period. A Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Analysis of Mesolithic Wild Boar from Fannerup F, Denmark
Norse Animal Husbandry in Liminal Environments
Integrating Stable Isotope and Zooarchaeological Analyses in Historical Archaeology
Inferring animal husbandry strategies in coastal zones through stable isotope analysis
Seasonality of birth and diet of pigs from stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel (δ18O, δ13C)
New evidence for the establishment and management of the European fallow deer (Dama dama dama) in Roman Britain
Isotopic and zooarchaeological approaches towards understanding aquatic resource use in human economies and animal management in the prehistoric Scottish North Atlantic Islands
The importance of animal baselines
Further isotopic evidence for seaweed-eating sheep from Neolithic Orkney
Isotopic Analyses of The Domestic Animals of Norse Greenland
One for the master and one for the dame
Fallow deer (Dama dama dama) management in Roman South-East Britain
Evidence for shifting environmental conditions in Southwestern France from 33 000 to 15 000 years ago derived from carbon-13 and nitrogen-15 natural abundances in collagen of large herbivores
The use of isotope ratios to test for seaweed eating in sheep
Natural 15N abundance of presumed N2-fixing and non-N2-fixing plants from selected ecosystems
Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of northwest European horse bone and tooth collagen, 40,000BP–present
Predicting diet, trophic level and palaeoecology from bone stable isotope analysis
Stable isotope evidence ( δ 13 C, δ 18 O) for winter feeding on seaweed by Neolithic sheep of Scotland
Bond 13 C/ 12 C ratios reflect (palaeo‐)climatic variations
Variations in bone collagen δ13C and δ15N values of fauna from Northwest Europe over the last 40 000 years
Ice core record of the 13C/12C ratio of atmospheric CO2 in the past two centuries
Stable Nitrogen Isotope Ratios of Bone Collagen Reflect Marine and Terrestrial Components of Prehistoric Human Diet
Kangaroo metabolism does not cause the relationship between bone collagen δ 15 N and water availability
Nitrogen and carbon isotope fractionation between mothers, neonates, and nursing offspring
New Method of Collagen Extraction for Radiocarbon Dating
Nitrogen and carbon isotopic composition of bone collagen from marine and terrestrial animals
Early Weaning of Neolithic Domestic Cattle (Bercy, France) Revealed by Intra-tooth Variation in Nitrogen Isotope Ratios
Stable isotope evidence for salt-marsh grazing in the Bronze Age Severn Estuary, UK
Diet in the Iron Age cemetery population at Wetwang Slack, East Yorkshire, UK
Effects of diet, climate and physiology on nitrogen isotope abundances in terrestrial foodwebs
The impact of manuring on nitrogen isotope ratios in cereals
Stable Isotope Analysis of Human and Faunal Remains from the Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire
Stable isotope palaeodietary study of humans and fauna from the multi-period (Iron Age, Viking and Late Medieval) site of Newark Bay, Orkney
Nitrogen isotopes and the trophic level of humans in archaeology
Preparation and characterization of bone and tooth collagen for isotopic analysis
An Investigation Into Diet at the Site of Yarnton, Oxfordshire, Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes
British Iron Age Diet
Characterizing the Diet of Individuals at the Neolithic Chambered Tomb of Hazleton North, Gloucestershire, England, Using Stable Isotopic Analysis
Trophic level effects on 15N/14N and 13C/12C ratios in bone collagen and strontium levels in bone mineral
Trophic level isotopic enrichment of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen
Diet and ethnicity during the Viking colonization of northern Scotland
Evidence for mummification in Bronze Age Britain
Stable isotopes as indicators of change in the food procurement and food preference of Viking Age and Early Christian populations on Gotland (Sweden)
| Citations per year | 1.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2024 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |