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Journal Article |
Authors: |
Bocherens, Hervé
Mashkour, Marjan
Drucker, Dorothée G.
Moussa, Issam
Billiou, Daniel
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Title: |
Stable isotope evidence for palaeodiets in southern Turkmenistan during Historical period and Iron Age
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Date: |
2006
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Source: |
Journal of Archaeological Science
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Abstract: |
The subsistence patterns of Iron Age and Historical period humans from south-western Turkmenistan have been reconstructed using the carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of archaeological faunal and human bones. A qualitative comparison of the isotopic signatures points to a small proportion of ruminant meat and dairy in human diet for both periods. The ranges of proportions of dietary items yielded by a quantitative approach based on concentration dependent mixing models confirm the high proportions of plant food in the average diet, and show little change in the reconstructed diet for both periods. A comparison of results from zooarchaeological and isotopic approaches illustrates their complementarity in subsistence patterns reconstruction.
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Date Created: |
1/4/2007
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Volume: |
33
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Number: |
2
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Page Start: |
253
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Page End: |
264
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