Residential Mobility in the Rural Greek Past: A Strontium Isotope Investigation.

详细信息   

• 作者：Leslie ; Brian George.
• 学历：Master
• 年：2012
• 导师：Garvie-Lok,Sandra,eadvisor
• 毕业院校：University of Alberta
• Department：Anthropology.
• ISBN：9780494904220
• CBH：MR90422
• Country：Canada
• 语种：English
• FileSize：4018990
• Pages：179

文摘

Excavations conducted at the ancient city of Stymphalos and the monastery of Zaraka in the valley of Stymphalos,Greece,yielded a number of human graves. Neither group of burials was contemporaneous with the structures in which they were interred and they are believed to represent small farming populations dating to the Late Roman/Early Byzantine 4-6 th c. AD) and Late Medieval periods 14-15th c. AD). A dietary reconstruction conducted by Pennycock 2008) found that most individuals had similar &delta；13C and &delta；15N values,but a few had values that indicate dietary differences. Pennycook suggested that perhaps these differences were the result of residential mobility. For this thesis,tooth enamel was analyzed for strontium isotopes to investigate mobility. The 87Sr/86Sr values show substantial movement by some human inhabitants of the valley,and may also be indicative of animal transport. These results suggest that rural peasants may have been more mobile than previously expected.