Dietary inferences through stable isotope analysis of Neolithic and Bronze Age humans in the Southern Caucasus (6th-1st millennium BC, Mentesh Tepe, Azerbaijan)
Estelle Herrscher
(1)
,
Modwene Poulmarc'H
(2)
,
Laure Pecqueur
(3)
,
Elsa Jovenet
(3)
,
Norbert Benecke
(4)
,
Alexia Decaix
(5)
,
Bertille Lyonnet
(6)
,
Farhad Guliyev
(7)
,
Guy André
(1)
1
LAMPEA -
Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique
2 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
3 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
4 DAI - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
5 AASPE - Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements
6 PROCLAC - Proche-Orient, Caucase, Iran : Diversités et Continuités
7 ANAS - Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
2 Archéorient - ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
3 Inrap - Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
4 DAI - Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
5 AASPE - Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements
6 PROCLAC - Proche-Orient, Caucase, Iran : Diversités et Continuités
7 ANAS - Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
Estelle Herrscher
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Modwene Poulmarc'H
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Laure Pecqueur
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Elsa Jovenet
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Alexia Decaix
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Résumé
Objectives: Subsistence strategies are of great interest for understanding how prehistoric societies adapted to their environment. This is particularly the case for the southern Caucasus where relationships have been shown with the northern Caucasus and Mesopotamia since the Neo-lithic and where societies are alternately described as sedentary and mobile. This article aims, for the first time, to characterize human diets and their evolution using biochemical markers, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (sixth-first millenium BC), at Mentesh Tepe, a site in the middle Kura valley in Azerbaijan. Materials and Methods: The data set belongs to 40 humans, 32 domestic and wild animals, and 42 charred seeds discovered in situ and perfectly dated. Stable isotope analyses were performed , including (a) δ 13 C co and δ 15 N for animal and human bone collagens and for seeds, and (b) δ 13 C ap for human bone apatite. Results: Almost all the data (25/31) suggest an increased contribution of cereals, lentils, and freshwater fish during the Neolithic, whereas afterwards, until the Late Bronze Age, all individuals consumed more animal proteins from their livestock. None of the biological criteria (age at death and sex) and burial types (mass/single graves) were found to be related to a specific diet over time. Comparisons with other isotopic data from contemporary sites in Georgia argue in favor of a wide variety of dietary sources in the vicinity of the Kura valley and for highly mobile populations. Clear evidence of millet consumption has only been found for the Late Bronze Age. K E Y W O R D S apatite, carbon and nitrogen, collagen, diet, prehistory, South Caucasus
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Objectives: Subsistence strategies are of great interest for understanding how prehistoric societies adapted to their environment. This is particularly the case for the southern Caucasus where relationships have been shown with the northern Caucasus and Mesopotamia since the Neo-lithic and where societies are alternately described as sedentary and mobile. This article aims, for the first time, to characterize human diets and their evolution using biochemical markers, from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age (sixth-first millenium BC), at Mentesh Tepe, a site in the middle Kura valley in Azerbaijan. Materials and Methods: The data set belongs to 40 humans, 32 domestic and wild animals, and 42 charred seeds discovered in situ and perfectly dated. Stable isotope analyses were performed , including (a) δ 13 C co and δ 15 N for animal and human bone collagens and for seeds, and (b) δ 13 C ap for human bone apatite. Results: Almost all the data (25/31) suggest an increased contribution of cereals, lentils, and freshwater fish during the Neolithic, whereas afterwards, until the Late Bronze Age, all individuals consumed more animal proteins from their livestock. None of the biological criteria (age at death and sex) and burial types (mass/single graves) were found to be related to a specific diet over time. Comparisons with other isotopic data from contemporary sites in Georgia argue in favor of a wide variety of dietary sources in the vicinity of the Kura valley and for highly mobile populations. Clear evidence of millet consumption has only been found for the Late Bronze Age. K E Y W O R D S apatite, carbon and nitrogen, collagen, diet, prehistory, South Caucasus
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Sous-Titre |
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: From environmental adaptation to social impacts
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Titre |
en
Dietary inferences through stable isotope analysis of Neolithic and Bronze Age humans in the Southern Caucasus (6th-1st millennium BC, Mentesh Tepe, Azerbaijan)
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Auteur(s) |
Estelle Herrscher
1
, Modwene Poulmarc'H
2
, Laure Pecqueur
3
, Elsa Jovenet
3
, Norbert Benecke
4
, Alexia Decaix
5
, Bertille Lyonnet
6
, Farhad Guliyev
7
, Guy André
1
1
LAMPEA -
Laboratoire méditerranéen de préhistoire Europe-Afrique
( 208163 )
- MMSH 5 Rue du château de l'Horloge BP 647 13094 AIX EN PROVENCE CEDEX 2
- France
2
Archéorient -
ARCHEORIENT - Environnements et sociétés de l'Orient ancien
( 619 )
- Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean-Pouilloux 7 rue Raulin 69365 LYON Cedex 07
- France
3
Inrap -
Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives
( 301475 )
- 121 rue d'Alésia
75014 Paris
- France
4
DAI -
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut
( 307882 )
- Allemagne
5
AASPE -
Archéozoologie, archéobotanique : sociétés, pratiques et environnements
( 118105 )
- Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle - Case postale 56 - 55 rue Buffon - 75005 Paris
- France
6
PROCLAC -
Proche-Orient, Caucase, Iran : Diversités et Continuités
( 222929 )
- 52 rue du Cardinal Lemoine - 75015 - PARIS
- France
7
ANAS -
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
( 519079 )
- Azerbaïdjan
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Date de publication |
2018-12
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Date de publication électronique |
2018-11-17
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Volume |
167
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Numéro |
4
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Page/Identifiant |
856-875
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URL éditeur |
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ajpa.23718
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Audience |
Internationale
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.23718 |
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