Diet and herding strategies in a changing environment: Stable isotope analysis of Bronze Age and Late Antique skeletal remains from Ya'amūn, Jordan
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- 作者：Michela Sandias ; m.sandias@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Gundula Mü ; ldner
- 关键词：Carbon and nitrogen isotopes ; Bone collagen ; Bronze Age ; Roman period ; Byzantine period ; Fish
- 刊名：Journal of Archaeological Science
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：November 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：63
- 期：Complete
- 页码：24-32
- 全文大小：1237 K
文摘
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δ13C and δ15N values were employed to reconstruct herd management and human diet in past Jordan.
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Bronze Age ovicaprids consumed more plants from semi-arid habitats than Late Roman/Byzantine animals.
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The data suggest drier conditions or transhumant herd management in the Bronze Age.
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Differences in the human data can mostly be explained by environmental changes.