Diet uniformity at an early farming community in northwest Anatolia (Turkey)

Carbon and nitrogen isotope studies of bone collagen at Aktopraklık

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ID5396162
AutoresChelsea Budd (0000-0001-8527-9669, Oxford Archaeology), Necmi Karul (0000-0002-3044-6463, Istanbul University), Songül Alpaslan-Roodenberg (0000-0002-1536-2931), Alfred Galik (0000-0002-7070-1035, Austrian Academy of Sciences), R J Schulting (0000-0002-4444-766X, Oxford Archaeology), Rick Schulting, Malcolm Lillie (0000-0002-6054-3651, University of Hull)
Ano2018
Volume10
Fascículo8
Páginas2123-2135
Data de publicação2018-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s12520-017-0523-4
OpenAlexW2737775491
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas50

Aktopraklık is a settlement site composed of three areas (A-C) in the Marmara region of northwest Anatolia, with phases of occupation that date to the Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic periods, mid-seventh to mid-sixth millennium bc (ca. 6400-5600 cal. bc). Here, we present 54 human and fauna bone collagen stable isotope results from the site, alongside five modern fish bone collagen isotope results, to examine the nature of human diet. The stable isotope analysis shows that human diet comprised the consumption of select C3 terrestrial resources, with a preference for domestic animal proteins over plant proteins. The evidence to date suggests that animal husbandry was at the forefront of Late Neolithic and Early Chalcolithic subsistence practices. No isotopic difference in humans is observed between biological sex or between areas B and C at the settlement

Agriculture · Animal husbandry · Archaeology · Biology · Bronze Age · Chalcolithic · Fauna · Geography · Human bone · Isotope analysis · Isotopes of nitrogen · Prehistory · Stable isotope ratio · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Ecology