Dating Charred Remains on Pottery and Analyzing Food Habits in the Early Neolithic Period in Northeast Asia

Radiocarbon ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 1334-1340 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dai Kunikita ◽  
Igor Shevkomud ◽  
Kunio Yoshida ◽  
Shizuo Onuki ◽  
Toshiro Yamahara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Habits ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Northeast Asia ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
The Other ◽  
Marine Resources ◽  
Neolithic Period ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
The People ◽  
A Site

This study reconstructs food habits through carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis, and C/N analysis of charred residues inside pottery from Amur River sites in Russia (Goncharka 1 site, Novotroitskoe 10 site, Kondon 1 site) and in Hokkaido, Japan (Taisho 3 site, Yachiyo A site). We obtained dates from 12,330 to 7920 BP for these sites. There are major differences in the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios between the Taisho 3 site (δ13C: -21.7 to -24.1; δ15N: 11.9–14.7%) and the other sites (δ13C:-22.0 to -27.1%; δ15N: 7.1–13.1%), suggesting that the people of the Taisho 3 site made use of anadromous fish such as salmonids and some species of trout, as well as marine resources. The dates from the other sites except Taisho 3 were assumed to be from a mixture of marine foods, C3 plants and terrestrial animals, and freshwater fish. The food boiled in the pots also indicated a high dependence on marine resources during the initial stages of the emergence of pottery.

Dating and Stable Isotope Analysis of Charred Residues from Neolithic Sites in the Primorye, Russian Far East

Radiocarbon ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 565-573 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dai Kunikita ◽  
Alexander N Popov ◽  
Boris V Lazin ◽  
Kazuki Morisaki ◽  
Hiroyuki Matsuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Stable Isotope ◽  
Freshwater Fish ◽  
Stable Isotope Analysis ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Russian Far East ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Far East ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
The Russian Far East

AbstractThis study attempts to reconstruct food habits through carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) isotope analysis and C/N analysis of charred residues inside pottery from the Primorye in the Russian Far East (Luzanova Sopka 2, Sergeyevka 1, Boisman 2, and Vetka 2 sites). Dates were obtained that were from the later stages of the Rudnaya culture (6980–6485 BP, 7800–7400 cal BP), proto-Boisman type (6760–6330 BP, 7600–7300 cal BP), Boisman culture (6155–4720 BP, 7100–5400 cal BP), and Vetka culture (6030–5870 BP, 6900–6700 cal BP). There are major differences in the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios between inland sites (δ13C –26.9 to –30.0‰, δ15N 7.6 to 9.3‰) and coastal sites (δ13C –18.1 to –24.2‰, δ15N 9.5 to 14.9‰). The results show that the diet of inland cultures consisted primarily of freshwater fish and terrestrial animals and plants, whereas that of coastal cultures consisted mainly of marine organisms.

Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of atrazine and desethylatrazine at sub-microgram per liter concentrations in groundwater

2012 ◽  
Vol 405 (9) ◽  
pp. 2857-2867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathrin Schreglmann ◽  
Martina Hoeche ◽  
Sibylle Steinbeiss ◽  
Sandra Reinnicke ◽  
Martin Elsner
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope Analysis

The Use of Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Analysis to Characterize Food Web Changes in Aquatic Systems for Reclamation of Oil Sands Process-Affected Materials

2009 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 313-322 ◽  
Author(s):  
Monalisa Elshayeb ◽  
Michael D. MacKinnon ◽  
D. George Dixon ◽  
Michael Power
Keyword(s):  
Food Web ◽  
Oil Sands ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Naphthenic Acid ◽  
Carbon Sources ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Isotopic Signatures ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Aquatic Food ◽  
Northern Alberta

Abstract One strategy for reclamation of oil sands leases in northern Alberta is the construction of lakes and wetlands by capping oil sands process-affected material (OSPM) with water. To assess this approach, experimental sites containing a range of OSPM have been constructed to monitor the evolution of the resulting aquatic habitats. Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen were used to assess the effects of OSPM on aquatic food webs. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic signatures of sediment, dissolved inorganic and organic carbon, particulate organic matter, periphyton, plants, plankton, aquatic invertebrates, and fish were used to assess differences related to the naphthenic acid (NA) concentration in OSPM and reference sites. NAs are a principal contaminant of concern in OSPM. Sites were grouped into low (0 to 4 mg/L), medium (4 to 15 mg/L), and high (>15 mg/L) NA concentrations. There were no significant differences in food web area or length among the three NA groupings. In most cases, carbon isotope analyses of samples from low, medium, and high NA concentration sites were not significantly different, suggesting that OSPM is not a significant contributor to food web carbon sources. Significant differences were found in nitrogen isotope signatures between low, medium, and high NA sites. Ammonia from OSPM is suggested as the main contributor to δ15N enrichment.

scholarly journals Interactions between earliest Linearbandkeramik farmers and central European hunter gatherers at the dawn of European Neolithization

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexey G. Nikitin ◽  
Peter Stadler ◽  
Nadezhda Kotova ◽  
Maria Teschler-Nicola ◽  
T. Douglas Price ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Central Europe ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Western Anatolia ◽  
Hunter Gatherers ◽  
Central European ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Farming Communities ◽  
Non Local ◽  
Range Of Variation

AbstractArchaeogenetic research over the last decade has demonstrated that European Neolithic farmers (ENFs) were descended primarily from Anatolian Neolithic farmers (ANFs). ENFs, including early Neolithic central European Linearbandkeramik (LBK) farming communities, also harbored ancestry from European Mesolithic hunter gatherers (WHGs) to varying extents, reflecting admixture between ENFs and WHGs. However, the timing and other details of this process are still imperfectly understood. In this report, we provide a bioarchaeological analysis of three individuals interred at the Brunn 2 site of the Brunn am Gebirge-Wolfholz archeological complex, one of the oldest LBK sites in central Europe. Two of the individuals had a mixture of WHG-related and ANF-related ancestry, one of them with approximately 50% of each, while the third individual had approximately all ANF-related ancestry. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios for all three individuals were within the range of variation reflecting diets of other Neolithic agrarian populations. Strontium isotope analysis revealed that the ~50% WHG-ANF individual was non-local to the Brunn 2 area. Overall, our data indicate interbreeding between incoming farmers, whose ancestors ultimately came from western Anatolia, and local HGs, starting within the first few generations of the arrival of the former in central Europe, as well as highlighting the integrative nature and composition of the early LBK communities.

scholarly journals Evaluation of two lipid removal methods for stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis in whale tissue

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kerri J. Smith ◽  
Clive N. Trueman ◽  
Christine A.M. France ◽  
Markus J. Peterson
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope Analysis

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis at Neolithic Çatalhöyük: evidence for human and animal diet and their relationship to households

2015 ◽  
Vol 57 ◽  
pp. 69-79 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Pearson ◽  
Amy Bogaard ◽  
Mike Charles ◽  
Simon W. Hillson ◽  
Clark Spencer Larsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope Analysis ◽  
Animal Diet

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of avian uric acid

2008 ◽  
Vol 22 (21) ◽  
pp. 3393-3400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael I. Bird ◽  
Elaine Tait ◽  
Christopher M. Wurster ◽  
Robert W. Furness
Keyword(s):  
Uric Acid ◽  
Isotope Analysis ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope ◽  
Stable Carbon ◽  
Carbon And Nitrogen ◽  
Nitrogen Isotope Analysis
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