“…However, this wide range resulting from the heterogeneous environmental settings in the area ( Figure 3 ) is not just specific for Basel but can be found in surrounding regions 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 and other areas across Europe. 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 Figure 7 Strontium and oxygen isotope data Results of the strontium and oxygen isotope analyses compared to the strontium and oxygen isotopes local ranges determined by C. Knipper, D. Brönnimann and colleagues for the Basel-Gasfabrik project 57 , 58 (see also Table S1 for detailed raw data). …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, the mixed signal measured in the bulk samples of human teeth from Basel-Waisenhaus does not only fit into the range of bioavailable Sr at Basel and in the direct surroundings but also matches 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values measured and modeled over wide areas in Europe. 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 Hence, it cannot be excluded that mobile individuals originating from areas with similar isotope values would not be visible. In this context, O isotope and aDNA data help reduce the number of possible places of origin: particularly the URA and other regions of eastern France and Central Europe are among the most plausible possibilities.…”
“…However, this wide range resulting from the heterogeneous environmental settings in the area ( Figure 3 ) is not just specific for Basel but can be found in surrounding regions 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 and other areas across Europe. 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 Figure 7 Strontium and oxygen isotope data Results of the strontium and oxygen isotope analyses compared to the strontium and oxygen isotopes local ranges determined by C. Knipper, D. Brönnimann and colleagues for the Basel-Gasfabrik project 57 , 58 (see also Table S1 for detailed raw data). …”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, the mixed signal measured in the bulk samples of human teeth from Basel-Waisenhaus does not only fit into the range of bioavailable Sr at Basel and in the direct surroundings but also matches 87 Sr/ 86 Sr values measured and modeled over wide areas in Europe. 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 Hence, it cannot be excluded that mobile individuals originating from areas with similar isotope values would not be visible. In this context, O isotope and aDNA data help reduce the number of possible places of origin: particularly the URA and other regions of eastern France and Central Europe are among the most plausible possibilities.…”
“…If we return to the consideration of the mobility of the Jamestown donkey specimen, its genetic ancestry provides important information hinting towards West Africa and the wider trade network associated with this region, all the way to the Iberian Peninsula. Strontium isotope ratios vary greatly in West Africa (0.709 to 0.730 [23]) and the Iberian Peninsula (0.7046 to 0.735 [33,34]), though less so in the Caribbean (0.706 to 0.711 [35]), but unfortunately no bioavailable 87 Sr/ 86 Sr data are yet available for North Africa. The donkey’s 87 Sr/ 86 Sr ratios of 0.7100 exceed the range of published Sr values from the Canaries, which tend to lower values from the islands’ young volcanic geology [36,37].…”
Domestic horses and donkeys played a key role in the initial colonization of the Atlantic seaboard of the Americas, a process partially chronicled by historical records. While Spanish colonists brought horses to the Caribbean and southern latitudes earlier, the transport of domestic horses to the English colony at Jamestown, Virginia in 1606 was among the first dispersals to the eastern seaboard. Archaeozoological analysis, isotope analysis, and radiocarbon dating of identifiable domestic equid remains from two contexts associated with the initial occupation of Jamestown demonstrate intense processing and consumption of the first Jamestown horses during the “Starving Time” winter of 1609, while paleopathological data show evidence of their use in transport. Osteological, genetic, and isotopic study of these equid remains reveal the presence of at least one adult domestic donkey with mixed European and West African ancestry, possibly supplied through undocumented exchange during a trans-Atlantic stopover. These results reveal the importance of equids in the survival of early European settlers and the global connectivity of early trans-Atlantic exchange in horses and donkeys, showing Caribbean and African links in the founding livestock populations and pointing towards an important and ecologically-anchored role for donkeys in the early colonial lifeways along the Eastern seaboard.
“…As is always the case in Bell Beaker studies, the question of the movement of goods leads to a discussion regarding the scale and nature of human mobility. Strontium isotope analyses indicate a variety of scenarios (e.g., Waterman et al 2014;Díaz-del-Río et al 2022), often with a low level of mobility but sometimes with indications of movement over longer distance and involving more individuals, as is the case at the early 2nd millennium calBC site of Valdescusa (Ortega et al 2021). It is noteworthy that this diversity is echoed by work undertaken on contemporaneous non-Bell Beaker sites (Díaz-Zorita Bonilla et al 2018).…”
Covering vast swathes of Europe, the Bell Beaker Phenomenon has enjoyed a privileged status in the history of archaeology and is often referred to as a key period in the transition from the Neolithic to the Bronze Age partly due to the emergence of social élites. After a brief presentation of the historiography of the Bell Beaker phenomenon, this Element offers a synthetic account of the available evidence structured on a regional basis. Following the renewed interest in human mobility generated by stable isotopes and ancient DNA studies, the central thesis developed here is that the Bell Beaker Phenomenon can adequately be described as a metapopulation, a concept borrowed from population ecology. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
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