Investigation of palaeodiet in the North Caucasus (South Russia) Bronze Age using stable isotope analysis and AMS dating of human and animal bones

Hollund, Hege; Higham, Thomas; Belinskij, Andrej; Korenevskij, S.

doi:10.1016/j.jas.2010.08.009

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“…The vitamin D recommended dietary allowance of 800-1,000 IU for adults requires the daily consumption of the equivalent of 100 g of wild salmon (the dietary input with the greatest measured vitamin D concentration). Isotopic evidence suggests that the populations sampled in our study continued to access aquatic resources, primarily river fish, in the Neolithic, Eneolithic, and Bronze Age, although there was considerable heterogeneity in fish consumption within the study region (47)(48)(49)(50). However, any diminution in fish consumption may have been sufficient to generate additional selective pressure favoring depigmentation at this low-incident-UVR latitude.…”

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Direct evidence for positive selection of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in Europeans during the last 5,000 y

Wilde

Timpson

Kirsanow

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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Pigmentation is a polygenic trait encompassing some of the most visible phenotypic variation observed in humans. Here we present direct estimates of selection acting on functional alleles in three key genes known to be involved in human pigmentation pathways-HERC2, SLC45A2, and TYR-using allele frequency estimates from Eneolithic, Bronze Age, and modern Eastern European samples and forward simulations. Neutrality was overwhelmingly rejected for all alleles studied, with point estimates of selection ranging from around 2-10% per generation. Our results provide direct evidence that strong selection favoring lighter skin, hair, and eye pigmentation has been operating in European populations over the last 5,000 y.ancient DNA | computer simulations | natural selection | Neolithic/Bronze Age | Eastern Europe

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Direct evidence for positive selection of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in Europeans during the last 5,000 y

Wilde

Timpson

Kirsanow

et al. 2014

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A.

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“…However, before discussing the analytical results it is also important to note that trace element analysis and estimation of isotopic ratios of Carbon and Nitrogen have a great potential and significant feature to reconstruct the palaeodiet and past history of ancient animal population [19][20][21][22][23][24]. It is also well known that the archaeological remains in any archaeological sites are well preserved when environmental condition [19].…”

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Study of Preservation Status and Dietary Reconstruction in the Human Remains Recovered from Roopkund Lake through Chemical Analysis of Faunal Remains

Farswan¹,

Singh²

2015

JCCE

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Present study is carried out in the bone samples collected from Roopkund Lake in district Chamoli Garhwal, Uttarakhand which is located at 5,029 meters from main sea level in between Nanda Ghunghti and Trishuli peak. This historical site belongs to 9th century A.D. All the samples selected for the study were dried in room temperature as well as hot air oven at 32 o C. Cleaning, pretreatment and digestion process of faunal remains was followed through established scientific methods. Chemical analysis i.e. concentration of different elements such as calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and zinc as well as isotopic ratios of Carbon and Nitrogen was estimated with the help of ICP (inductively coupled plasma spectroscopy) and AAS (atomic absorption spectrophotometer). The results obtained from the chemical analysis are significant. On the basis of concentration of different elements and ratios of Nitrogen and Carbon isotopes, the dietary habits of the peoples buried in the Roopkund Lake are identified, which is different from sample to sample person to person. Besides this, the results are also significantly helpful for knowing the preservation status of faunal remains in Roopkund Lake. Finally this study also indicated the potentiality of chemical analysis for reconstructing the palaeodiet behaviour and preservation status of bone remains.

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“…[Privat, 2002]; 3 -Барабинская лесостепь [Privat et al, 2005]; 4 -Минусинская котловина и Тува [Murphy et al, 2013;Svyatko et al, 2013]; 5 -Приднепровье [Lillie, Richards, 2000;Lillie, Budd, Potekhina, 2011]; 6 -Волго-Донское междуречье, среднее течение р. Урал, Новороссийская и Московская области [Iacumin et al, 2004]; 7 -Северный Прикаспий [Shishlina et al, 2007[Shishlina et al, , 2009[Shishlina et al, , 2012; 8 -Северный Кавказ [Hollund et al, 2010]; 9 -Северный Китай [Hu, Ambrose, Wang, 2006;Hu et al, 2008;Pechenkina, Benfer, Zhijun, 2002;Pechenkina et al, 2005;Pechenkina, Benfer, Xiaolin, 2007]; 10 -Северный Казахстан [Miller et al, 2014] [Privat, 2002]. Барабинская лесостепь.…”

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“…Анализ материалов энеоли-та -эпохи бронзы [Hollund et al, 2010] выявил зави-симость изотопных показателей животных и людей от географического положения местообитания: самые высокие значения были получены по костям индиви-дов из более сухих степных районов на севере иссле-дуемого региона. По всей видимости, климатический фактор обусловил вариации изотопных показателей местной фауны и, в свою очередь, людей.…”

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“…]; 9 -Южный Урал, ранний железный век, n = 2 [Ibid. ]; 10 -При-днепровье, мезолит -энеолит, n = 28 [Lillie, Richards, 2000;Lillie, Jacobs, 2006;Lillie, Budd, Potekhina, 2011]; 11 -Северный Кавказ, энеолит -ранняя эпоха бронзы, n = 50 [Hollund et al, 2010]; 12 -Северный Прикаспий, энеолит -эпоха бронзы, n = 78 [Shishlina et al, 2007[Shishlina et al, , 2009[Shishlina et al, , 2012 бири и Евразийской степи, несмотря на отсутствие зачастую археологических находок, связанных с ры-боловством. Сильное морское влияние (повышен-ные уровни и δ 15 N, и δ 13 C) наблюдается в материалах Прикаспийских степей, а также памятников раннего железного века Северного Причерноморья.…”

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Stable Isotope Analysis: Outline of Methodology, and a Review of Studies in Siberia and the Eurasian Steppe

Svyatko

2016

Arheol. ètnogr. antropol. Evrazii

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Investigation of palaeodiet in the North Caucasus (South Russia) Bronze Age using stable isotope analysis and AMS dating of human and animal bones

Cited by 48 publications

References 51 publications

Direct evidence for positive selection of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in Europeans during the last 5,000 y

Direct evidence for positive selection of skin, hair, and eye pigmentation in Europeans during the last 5,000 y

Study of Preservation Status and Dietary Reconstruction in the Human Remains Recovered from Roopkund Lake through Chemical Analysis of Faunal Remains

Stable Isotope Analysis: Outline of Methodology, and a Review of Studies in Siberia and the Eurasian Steppe

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