Stable Isotope Analysis from a Burial at the Pipe Site (41AN67) in Anderson County, Texas

Index of Texas Archaeology Open Access Grey Literature from the Lone Star State ◽

10.21112/.ita.2012.1.15 ◽

2012 ◽

Author(s):

Diane Wilson ◽

Timothy K. Perttula ◽

Mark Walters

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

River Basin ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Human Remains ◽

16Th Century ◽

East Texas ◽

Neches River

In this article, we present the findings of stable isotope analysis (carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen) from an analysis of human remains from a burial at the Pipe site (41AN67). The Pipe site is a late 15th-mid-16th century Caddo settlement and cemetery in the Lake Palestine area in the upper Neches River basin in East Texas that was investigated by Buddy Calvin Jones in 1968 and Southern Methodlst University in 1969.

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Analysis of the Context and Contents of an Ulua-Style Marble Vase from the Palmarejo Valley, Honduras

Latin American Antiquity ◽

10.7183/1045-6635.25.1.82 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 25 (1) ◽

pp. 82-100 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

E. Christian Wells ◽

Karla L. Davis-Salazar ◽

José E. Moreno-Cortes ◽

Glenn S. L. Stuart ◽

Anna C. Novotny

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Radiocarbon Dating ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Human Remains ◽

Classic Period ◽

Late Classic ◽

Residential Group ◽

Holistic Understanding ◽

Political Economic

Ulúa-style marble vases played important social, political, economic, and religious roles in southern Mesoamerica during the seventh through eleventh centuries A.D. However, most such vessels known to archaeologists are part of looted collections or else were unearthed before the advent of modern archaeological practices. As a result, little is known about the context, use, and chronology of these objects. Recent investigations at the site of Palos Blancos in northwest Honduras discovered an Ulúa-style marble vase in an undisturbed mortuary context. Excavation of the burial context, along with bioarchaeological and stable isotope analysis of the human remains, suggests that the vase was placed as an offering, possibly to an ancestor of the residential group. Phosphate and pollen studies indicate that the vase once held a corn-based beverage . Radiocarbon dating of four charcoal samples from immediately below and adjacent to the vase yielded a range of dates from the beginning of the Late Classic period, ca.A.D. 600-800. Through analyses of the context and contents of the vase, this research contributes to a more holistic understanding of the use and meaning of Ulúa-style marble vases in southern Mesoamerica.

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Stable isotope analysis on human remains from the final Early Holocene in the southern Puna of Argentina: The case ofPeñas de las Trampas1.1

Environmental Archaeology ◽

10.1179/1749631415y.0000000019 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 1-10 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Violeta Killian Galván ◽

Jorge Martínez ◽

Alexander Cherkinsky ◽

Mariana Mondini ◽

Héctor Panarello

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Human Remains ◽

Early Holocene

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Stable isotope analysis of soft tissues from mummified human remains

Environmental Archaeology ◽

10.1080/14614103.2015.1101937 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 271-284 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Angela L. Lamb

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Soft Tissues ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Human Remains

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Estimation of nutrient contributions from the ocean across a river basin using stable isotope analysis

Biogeosciences Discussions ◽

10.5194/bgd-12-5535-2015 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 12 (7) ◽

pp. 5535-5557

Author(s):

K. Nakayama ◽

Y. Maruya ◽

K. Matsumoto ◽

M. Komata ◽

K. Komai ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

River Basin ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Chum Salmon ◽

Ursus Arctos ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Oncorhynchus Gorbuscha ◽

River Ecosystem ◽

River Channels

Abstract. Since marine derived nutrients (MDN) are transported not only in river channels but also across the entire river basin, including via ground water and migratory animals, it is necessary to investigate the contribution of MDN to the forest floor (soils) in order to quantify the true role of MDN at the river ecosystem scale. This study investigated the contribution of pink (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) and chum salmon (O. keta) to total oceanic nitrogen (TN) input across a river basin using stable isotope analysis (SIA) of nitrogen (δ15N). The contribution of TN entering the river basin by salmon was 23.8 % relative to the total amount of TN exported from the river basin, providing a first estimate of MDN export for a river basin. The contribution of nitrogen from the ocean to the river basin soils was between 22.9 and 23.8 %. Furthermore, SIA showed that the transport of oceanic TN by sea eagles (Haliaeetus spp.) was greater than that by bears (Ursus arctos), which had previously been that bears are thought to be the major animal transporter of nutrients in the northern part of Japan.

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Stable Isotope Dietary Analysis on Human Remains: A case Study at Khirbet Aqabet Al Qadi Burial Chamber, Nablus, Palestine

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/rdc.2019.65 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 61 (4) ◽

pp. 1107-1120

Author(s):

Loay Abu Alsaud ◽

Awni Shawamra ◽

Amer Qobbaj ◽

Jehad Yasin ◽

Mohammad Al-Khateeb ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Stable Isotope Analysis ◽

Isotope Analysis ◽

Human Remains ◽

City Center ◽

Dietary Analysis ◽

Agricultural Use ◽

First Time ◽

The City

ABSTRACTIn 2016, a burial chamber hewn into limestone was discovered at Khirbet Aqabet Al Qadi on the northwestern slope of Mount Ebal, 2km north of the city center of Nablus. The floor of the chamber is 3.15 × 2.9 m and the height averages 1.8 m. A movable closure at the entrance consists of a limestone slab. The burial chamber houses four sarcophagi. The aim of this case study is to give information not only on the burial chamber but also, for the first time in the region, on human remains. Stable isotope analysis of a human bone sample enabled us to obtain dietary information on one individual. Due to low collagen content, the sample did not allow precise dating but it can be placed between 50 BC and 50 AD. Systematic illegal excavation and looting at funerary sites in the Nablus area has caused material for potential information to be missing at the site. Nonetheless, the dietary information obtained supports other material finds indicating Mediterranean agricultural use of the land. Our evidence demonstrates that the site dates to between the 1st and 3rd centuries AD.

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