Prehistoric dietary adaptations among hunter-fisher-gatherers from the Little Sea of Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russian Federation

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• 作者：M. Anne Katzenberg^a ; ^{katzenbe@ucalgary.ca} ; Hugh G. McKenzie^b ; ^{hugh.mckenzie@gmail.com} ; Robert J. Losey^c ; ^{robert.losey@ualberta.ca} ; Olga I. Goriunova^d ; ^{as122@yandex.ru} ; Andrzej Weber^c ; ^{aweber@ualberta.ca}
• 关键词：Asia ; Hunter-gatherers ; Fishing ; Stable carbon isotopes ; Stable nitrogen isotopes
• 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：137_03054403
• 类别：soc
• 出版时间：August, 2012
• 卷：39
• 期：8
• 页码：2612-2626
• 文件大小：928 K

摘要

Dietary adaptations of prehistoric hunter-gatherers from Neolithic and Early Bronze Age cemeteries in the Little Sea region of Cis-Baikal (the region to the west and north of Lake Baikal) are explored using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Stable isotope data, including stable carbon isotopes from bone carbonate, are presented for 22 individuals from the site of Kurma XI, dated to approximately 6500 B.P. to 4000 B.P. Data are compared to previously analyzed individuals from the larger Early Bronze Age cemetery, Khuzhir-Nuge XIV ( JAS) and to smaller sites located along the shore of the Little Sea, including sites on Olkhon Island. An extensive collection of fauna, both prehistoric and modern, from the Little Sea and neighboring regions is also analyzed for stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Clear distinctions are found in modern fish recovered from the Little Sea, in contrast to those from the open waters of the lake and from the neighboring Angara and Lena rivers. Considerable variation is seen in stable carbon isotope ratios from fish while stable nitrogen isotope ratios are not as variable, regardless of habitat. Isotope source modeling is used to assist in reconstructing past dietary adaptations. While there is ample evidence from other studies for cultural change over this temporal span, diet appears to have been relatively stable.