Stable isotope palaeodietary analysis of the Early Bronze Age Afanasyevo Culture in the Altai Mountains, Southern Siberia

Svyatko, Svetlana V.; Polyakov, Andrey; Soenov, Vasilii; Степанова, Н. Ф.; Reimer, Paula J.; Ogle, Neil; Tyurina, Ekaterina A.; Grushin, Sergei P.; Rykun, Marina P.

doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.05.023

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“…In the Altai Mountains and the Minusinsk Depression of southern Siberia, the terrestrial-based diet gives us the δ 13 C values of ca. -19‰ (Svyatko et al 2013(Svyatko et al , 2017a(Svyatko et al , 2017bMotuzaite Matuzeviciute et al 2015. China (e.g.…”

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“…In the Altai Mountains and the Minusinsk Depression of southern Siberia, the terrestrial-based diet gives us the δ 13 C values of ca. –19‰ (Svyatko et al 2013, 2017a, 2017b; Motuzaite Matuzeviciute et al 2015, 2016). Populations of the Late Bronze Age, Late Iron Age, and the Middle Ages from the Minusinsk Basin and southern Kazakhstan, with a mixed diet consisting of terrestrial animals, C 3 plants, and millet, have higher δ 13 C values of ca.…”

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Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

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New paleodietary data were obtained after the discovery and excavation in 2015-2017 of the Cherepakha 13 site in the southern part of Primorye (Maritime) Province in far eastern Russia. The site is located near the coast of Ussuri Bay (Sea of Japan) and belongs to the Yankovsky cultural complex of the Early Iron Age 14 C-dated to ca. 3000 BP (ca. 1200 cal BC). The stable isotope composition of the bone collagen for 11 humans and 30 animals was determined. For humans, the following values (with ±1 sigma) were yielded: δ 13 C =-10.2 ± 0.8‰; and δ 15 N = +12.4 ± 0.3‰. The majority of terrestrial animals show the usual isotopic signals: δ 13 C =-19.4 ÷ -23.3‰; and δ 15 N = + 4.6 ÷ +6.6‰ (for wolves, up to +10.1‰); dogs, however, have an isotopic composition similar to humans: δ 13 C = -11.7 ± 1.2‰; and δ 15 N = +12.4 ± 0.4‰. Marine mammals have common values for pinnipeds: δ 13 C = -13.7 ÷ -14.6‰; and δ 15 N = +17.4 ÷ +18.0‰. The main food resources for the population of Cherepakha 13 site were (1) marine mollusks, fish, and mammals; and (2) terrestrial mammals; and possibly C 4 plants (domesticated millets).

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Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

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“…The freshwater reservoir effects appear as older 14 C dates of organisms with a diet that included "old" carbon from freshwater sources (Lanting & van der Plicht 1998). The studies have been carried out in several regions of Southern Siberia, including the Minusinsk Basin (Svyatko et al 2017a) and the Altai (Svyatko et al 2017b). This research revealed an interesting pattern.…”

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“…The turning point, which prompted the revision of the chronology of the Afanasyevo Culture, was a series of new AMS 14 C dates from human and animal bones from the Afanasyevo sites of Altai also produced in the 14 CHRONO Centre (Svyatko et al 2017b). These included the repeated analysis of burials previously dated by the liquid scintillation counting (LSC) method.…”

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A Review of the Radiocarbon Dates for the Afanasyevo Culture (Central Asia): Shifting Towards the “Shorter” Chronology

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This article provides a summary and in-depth analysis of all existing radiocarbon (14C) dates for the Afanasyevo Culture of the Paleometal period. The previous “long” chronology of the culture was widely criticized and contradicted many archaeological observations. The exceedingly wide ranges of the liquid scintillation counting (LSC) dates from bone samples produced in several laboratories and the systematically older ages for the wood/charcoal samples finally reveal the shortcomings of the conventional “long” chronology. From accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS), the Afanasyevo burials of the Altai are dated to the 31st–29th century BC, whereas those of the Middle Yenisei Region to the 29th–25th century BC, which confirms the relatively earlier age of the Altai monuments. The “short” chronology removes the incompatibility of deriving the Afanasyevo Culture from the Yamnaya Culture, which previously appeared “younger” than the Afanasyevo, and also contradictions with the archaeological data. It also explains the small number of sites, the small size of the cemeteries and the lack of the internal periodization. We can now clearly move, from the earlier understanding that the Afanasyevo chronology is too broad, towards a different perception. The new AMS dates only represent a “core” for the Afanasyevo chronology, which cannot be narrowed down, but could be slightly expanded over time.

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“…The datings inSvyatko et al (2017) range from the 33rd to the 26th centuries BCE.Downloaded from Brill.com10/01/2020 03:09:25AM via free access…”

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The deviant typological profile of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European may be due to Uralic substrate influence

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Tocharian agglutinative case inflexion as well as its single series of voiceless stops, the two most striking typological deviations from Proto-Indo-European, can be explained through influence from Uralic. A number of other typological features of Tocharian may likewise be interpreted as due to contact with a Uralic language. The supposed contacts are likely to be associated with the Afanas’evo Culture of South Siberia. This Indo-European culture probably represents an intermediate phase in the movement of speakers of early Tocharian from the Proto-Indo-European homeland in the Eastern European steppe to the Tarim Basin in Northwest China. At the same time, the Proto-Samoyedic homeland must have been in or close to the Afanas’evo area. A close match between the Pre-Proto-Tocharian and Pre-Proto-Samoyedic vowel systems is a strong indication that the Uralic contact language was an early form of Samoyedic.

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Stable isotope palaeodietary analysis of the Early Bronze Age Afanasyevo Culture in the Altai Mountains, Southern Siberia

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Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

A Review of the Radiocarbon Dates for the Afanasyevo Culture (Central Asia): Shifting Towards the “Shorter” Chronology

The deviant typological profile of the Tocharian branch of Indo-European may be due to Uralic substrate influence

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