The stable isotope record in cervid tooth enamel from Tantang Cave, Guangxi: Implications for the Quaternary East Asian monsoon

Li, Dawei; Hu, Chaoyong; Wang, Wei; Feng, Tian; Huang, Shengmin; Bae, Christopher J.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2015.11.049

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“…In addition to contributing to our understanding of cervid evolution, the Sumatran fossils are also significant in that they represent a valuable resource that gives ecological context to the early presence of hominins in Southeast Asia. Irrespective of their taxonomic status, new methods-such as ecomorphological analysis, community structure analysis, dental wear studies and biomolecular analyses-make fossil deer remains useful for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction (Amano et al 2016;Curran 2012;Li et al 2017;Louys 2012). During the last few years, the Sumatran cervids have been included in broader palaeoecological studies of the region (Bacon et al 2015;Louys 2007Louys , 2012Louys and Meijaard 2010), stable isotope analyses (Janssen 2017;Janssen et al 2016) and mesowear studies (Wirkner and Hertler 2019).…”

Section: Terra Australis 56mentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra

Gruwier,

de Vos,

Wirkner

et al. 2024

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

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This chapter deals with the dentognathic remains of the Late Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands caves in Sumatra. We used linear and geometric morphometric techniques to investigate variation, taxonomic position and body size trends in a dataset of upper and lower molars. Dental mesowear was used to assess dietary preference in a subsample. The results suggest the Padang Highlands cervids belonged to multiple populations of an early stock of Rusa deer the size of sambar (Rusa unicolor), but morphologically reminiscent of Javan rusa (Rusa timorensis). The Rusa sp. of Sumatra was reconstructed as a mixed feeder with an increase in the grazing component with age.

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Section: Terra Australis 56mentioning

confidence: 99%

Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra

Gruwier,

de Vos,

Wirkner

et al. 2024

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

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“…Stegodon orientalis and M. augustus on the mainland and Hexaprotodon sp. in Sunda were the last relicts of Early to Middle Pleistocene archaic megafaunas, either being browsers (δ 13 C < -14‰) adapted to C 3 -canopy forests (Bacon et al 2018b(Bacon et al , 2021Bocherens et al 2017;Li et al 2017;Ma et al 2017Ma et al , 2019Stacklyn et al 2017;Wang W. et al 2007), or C 3 -C 4 mixed feeders (δ 13 C > -8 ‰) and C 4 grazers (δ 13 C> -2 ‰) living in a predominantly open environment with large areas of swamps and/or lakes (Janssen et al 2016;Puspaningrum et al 2020).…”

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Environments, terrestrial ecosystems and mammalian species: An overview of Southeast Asia in the Late Pleistocene

Bacon,

Antoine

2024

Quaternary Palaeontology and Archaeology of Sumatra

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During the highly dynamic, climate-driven Pleistocene period, mammalian communities from the Indomalayan region faced major environmental changes. In the late Middle to the Late Pleistocene, the Sunda Shelf surface was particularly affected under the influence of multiple parameterstectonic, eustatic and climatic-leading to alternating phases of exposure and flooding. The fossil faunas from the Padang Highlands in Sumatra discovered by Eugène Dubois illustrate episodes of species dispersal during the periods of exposure of land areas. Here, we analyse the assemblages of Sibrambang and Lida Ajer in the light of a selection of mammalian faunas located in continental and insular regions during two possible periods of dispersion, c. 130 ka at the Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 6-5 transition and c. 71 ka at the beginning of MIS 4. We investigated (1) the taxonomic composition of herbivore communities in terms of archaic versus modern taxa; (2) the functions of ecosystems, based on the type of digestive physiology of herbivores (ruminant versus non-ruminant) per body mass category; and (3) the relative abundance of some Artiodactyla, Perissodactyla and Primates. Our results show that, at the time of the earliest range expansion of modern species into Sundaland c. 130 ka, diverse functional herbivore communities containing local archaic taxa coexisted in Southeast Asia. Overall, Sundaland seems to have always been less rich in largebodied herbivore diversity compared to the Indochinese subregion, most probably reflecting the lower heterogeneity of Sundaic ecosystems, even during the period of large connections between land masses. By comparing Duoi U'Oi, Vietnam (Homo sp.; 70-60 ka) and Lida Ajer, Sumatra (Homo sapiens; 73-63 ka), two sites located at different latitudes, the results underscore the different availability to humans of herbivore prey species depending on their relative abundance in highly forested habitats.

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“…While functioning predominantly as a temperature proxy in mid-and high-latitude environments, mammalian bioapatite δ 18 O has also been used to evidence rainfall amount and monsoon activity in tropical or monsoon environments (Dettman et al, 2001;Higgins and MacFadden, 2004;Li et al, 2017;Nelson, 2005). For example, these techniques were used to indicate that changes in monsoon intensity were not responsible for the decline of the Bronze Age Harappan culture in India, as had been previously thought (Sarkar et al, 2016).…”

Section: Palaeoclimatementioning

confidence: 99%

Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities

Pederzani

Britton

2019

Earth-Science Reviews

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Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/ 16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) and can aid in the reconstruction of past human-environment interactions, socio-cultural decisions and individual life histories. Making use of the preserved animal and human tooth and bone commonly found at archaeological sites, applications include the reconstruction of palaeoclimate and palaeoseasonality; animal husbandry and management practices; human and animal lifetime mobility and provenance; and cultural practices such as breastfeeding, weaning and even past culinary preparation techniques. With a range of other uses across the natural, physical, chemical and biological sciences, oxygen isotope analyses are also highly cross-disciplinary, with developments in the field of isotope bioarchaeology potentially feeding into other fields and vice-versa. The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of the biogeochemical background of oxygen isotope systematics from the water cycle to human and animal skeletal tissues for archaeologists and other scientists, and to explore how these have been utilised in terrestrial bioarchaeological research. In this way, we aim to provide an overview resource for stable isotope analysts in archaeology and the wider earth science community, as well as for archaeological practitioners and consumers interested in specific applications. By providing a summary of fundamental isotope mechanics alongside a review of recent developments in the field, we hope to highlight the potential of oxygen isotope bioarchaeology to not only reveal environmental and ecological aspects of the past relevant to human groups using archaeological materials, but also to illuminate past human decisions and behaviours. Current limitations and caveats of the approaches used are also explored.

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The stable isotope record in cervid tooth enamel from Tantang Cave, Guangxi: Implications for the Quaternary East Asian monsoon

Cited by 18 publications

References 38 publications

Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra

Diversity, population structure and palaeoecology of the Pleistocene large cervids from the Padang Highlands, Sumatra

Environments, terrestrial ecosystems and mammalian species: An overview of Southeast Asia in the Late Pleistocene

Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities

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