Differentiating mobility and migration in middle Holocene Cis-Baikal, Siberia

Scharlotta, Ian

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.05.045

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“…In recent decades, advances in mobility research have created a broader understanding of how mobility—or potential mobility—functions in an increasingly connected world (see discussion of push/pull in Heberle, 1938; Lee, 1966; cost/benefit in Sjastaad, 1962; and ‘motility’ in Kaufmann et al, 2004). New methods in the field of isotopic tracing, such as the analysis of hair and fingernails, micro-sampling of multiple skeletal elements as well as the consecutive analysis of molars, has enabled scholars to create high-resolution timelines for individual human movements (Font et al, 2012; Tipple et al, 2013; Knipper et al, 2014; Frei et al, 2015a, 2015b, 2017; Scharlotta, 2018). Studies of various cases of single individual mobility timelines can be combined with other group analyses, thereby allowing archaeology to gain a better handle on the complexity of the networks connecting human biology, ethnicity, culture, and heritage (Haak et al, 2008; Knipper et al, 2017).…”

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Interpreting Past Human Mobility Patterns: A Model

Reiter

Frei

2019

Eur. j. archaeol

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In the last decade, the exponential increase in migration studies focusing on the mobility of groups and single individuals—mostly based on aDNA and strontium isotope analyses—has provided an important extra layer of information regarding past social dynamics. The current relatively large quantity of data and their constant increase provide an opportunity to examine human mobility in unprecedented detail. In short, the course of academic dialogue is changing from producing evidence for movement to examining differences or similarities in human mobilities across temporal and geographical barriers. Moreover, the amount and type of new data are beginning to provide new kinds of information that can help us grasp why that movement first came about. We present the first potential mobility model focusing on single individuals during different life stages based on in vivo movement patterns. We draw on previous studies in recent mobility research that provide a variety of case studies to illustrate the model. We hope that this model will prove valuable for future discussions regarding human mobility by integrating the present archaeological contextual discourse with the increasing body of data being produced.

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Interpreting Past Human Mobility Patterns: A Model

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Frei

2019

Eur. j. archaeol

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“…On this basis, the research problem is conceived as a "local vs. non-local/migrant" dichotomy. Since it is assumed that "locals" lived and consumed "local" resources within the same geographic space over their lifetime, so they are actually a reliable local representation, this approach becomes mainly (or only) applicable in the context of low-mobility populations with large cemeteries (Scharlotta, 2016). In contrast, the "drinking water approach" does not need a local signal built on several presumably local individuals, because it uses the raw data to calculate the drinking water values (δ 18 O dw ) and compare each one against a water baseline (δ 18 O w ) (e.g.…”

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“…Chenery et al, 2010;Buzon et al, 2011). In these cases, the use of the "local vs. non-local/migrant" dichotomy would be inappropriate (Scharlotta, 2016), as the concept of "local" is not easily applicable to Fig. 1.…”

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Back to the bases: Building a terrestrial water δ18O baseline for archaeological studies in North Patagonia (Argentina)

Serna

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Valenzuela

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Quaternary International

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Archaeology has been using stable oxygen as an isotopic tracer linked with water consumption for decades, and it has been demonstrated to be a powerful tool to assess paleomobility in bioarchaeology. Central-eastern North Patagonia (Argentina) is an especially appropriate region to apply it since it presents a high density of huntergatherer burials, it was a nodal zone criss-crossed by an extensive network of important routes, and it is characterized by a high environmental fragmentation due to the scarcity of fresh water sources. The aim of this paper is to build an empirical stable oxygen isotope baseline of terrestrial surface waters to assess the potentiality of tracing past human movement. We analyzed 46 water samples from 13 locations with permanent sources (rivers, springs, streams), compared it with predictions of precipitation and evaluated it considering seasonal variation, altitude and distance from the coast. Our results show that different post-precipitation processes change the isotopic signal from the sources with respect to the local precipitation, and highlight the relevance of analyzing terrestrial water sources. According to their oxygen isotope values we defined five hydrologic zones: Colorado River, Negro River, Closed Basins and Plains, Eastern and Western Somuncurá Foothills. Their identification shows the potential to address past human movement using stable oxygen water baselines in central-eastern North Patagonia.

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Differentiating mobility and migration in middle Holocene Cis-Baikal, Siberia

Cited by 2 publications

References 98 publications

Interpreting Past Human Mobility Patterns: A Model

Interpreting Past Human Mobility Patterns: A Model

Back to the bases: Building a terrestrial water δ18O baseline for archaeological studies in North Patagonia (Argentina)

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