Dating Human Remains from the Historical Period in Belgium: Diet Changes and the Impact of Marine and Freshwater Reservoir Effects

An overview will be presented of stable isotope data (δ13C and δ15N) available from animal and human bones from Roman to post-Medieval Belgian sites. The data will be used to assess trends in the human diet and evaluate the possible impact of reservoir effects originating from the consumption of fish derived from marine or freshwater environments. Historical and archaeozoological data demonstrate drastic changes in fish consumption throughout the last 2 millennia and thus suggest that fluctuations through time of the impact of the reservoir effects can be expected. However, the present stable isotope data set does not support this suggestion.

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Dating Human Remains from the Historical Period in Belgium: Diet Changes and the Impact of Marine and Freshwater Reservoir Effects

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/s003382220004981x ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 56 (02) ◽

pp. 779-788 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Anton Ervynck ◽

Mathieu Boudin ◽

Tess van den Brande ◽

Mark van Strydonck

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Historical Period ◽

Human Diet ◽

Data Set ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Human Bones ◽

Freshwater Reservoir ◽

The Impact ◽

Freshwater Environments ◽

Stable Isotope Data

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Water stable isotope data set in temperate, lowland catchment, two years of monthly observations, River Salaca, Latvia

Data in Brief ◽

10.1016/j.dib.2020.105607 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 30 ◽

pp. 105607

Author(s):

Andis Kalvāns ◽

Alise Babre ◽

Aija Dēliņa ◽

Konrāds Popovs

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Data Set ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Water Stable Isotope ◽

Stable Isotope Data

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Stable isotope and gas properties of two ice wedges from Cape Mamontov Klyk, Laptev Sea, Northern Siberia

The Cryosphere Discussions ◽

10.5194/tcd-5-3627-2011 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 5 (6) ◽

pp. 3627-3660

Author(s):

T. Boereboom ◽

D. Samyn ◽

H. Meyer ◽

J.-L. Tison

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

Gas Content ◽

Laptev Sea ◽

Northern Siberia ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Ice Wedge ◽

The Impact ◽

Stable Isotope Data ◽

Gas Properties

Abstract. This paper presents and discusses the texture, fabric and gas properties (contents of total gas, O2, N2, CO2, and CH4) of two ice wedges from Cape Mamontov Klyk, Laptev Sea, Northern Siberia. The two ice wedges display contrasting structures: one being of relatively "clean" ice and the other showing clean ice at its centre as well as debris-rich ice on its sides (referred to as ice-sand wedge). A comparison of gas properties, crystal size, fabrics and stable isotope data (δ18O and δD) allows discriminating between three different facies of ice with specific paleoenvironmental signatures, suggesting different climatic conditions and rates of biological activity. More specifically, total gas content and composition reveal variable intensities of meltwater infiltration and show the impact of biological processes with contrasting contributions from anaerobic and aerobic conditions. Stable isotope data are shown to be valid for discussing changes in paleoenvironmental conditions and/or decipher different sources for the snow feeding into the ice wedges with time. Our data also give support to the previous assumption that the composite ice wedge was formed in Pleistocene and the ice wedge in Holocene times. This study sheds more light on the conditions of ice wedge growth under changing environmental conditions.

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The freshwater reservoir effect in northern West Siberia: 14C and stable isotope data for fish from the late medieval town of Mangazeya

Quaternary Geochronology ◽

10.1016/j.quageo.2020.101109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 60 ◽

pp. 101109

Author(s):

Yaroslav V. Kuzmin ◽

Pavel A. Kosintsev ◽

Mathieu Boudin ◽

Elya P. Zazovskaya

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

West Siberia ◽

Late Medieval ◽

Reservoir Effect ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Freshwater Reservoir ◽

Stable Isotope Data

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An Analysis of the Last 1000 Years Human Diet on Tutuila (American Samoa) Using Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Data

American Antiquity ◽

10.7183/0002-7316.76.3.473 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 76 (3) ◽

pp. 473-486 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Frédérique Valentin ◽

Estelle Herrscher ◽

Fiona Petchey ◽

David J. Addison

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

American Samoa ◽

Bone Collagen ◽

Social Changes ◽

Nitrogen Stable Isotope ◽

Human Diet ◽

Dietary Shift ◽

Carbon And Nitrogen ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Stable Isotope Data

This paper reports the first set of isotopic data relating to human diet from the Samoan Archipelago. Carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data measured on bone collagen were used to assess dietary patterns of prehistoric communities on Tutuila Island, American Samoa. We examined 14 human bones from three sites dated to three distinct periods: ~1,000 years ago (N = 5); -500 years ago (N = 8) and -150 years ago (N = 1). The isotopie data suggest that the human diet on Tutuila over the last 1,000 years was composed mainly of terrestrial resources with some consumption of coastal reef products. These data suggest a possible dietary change over time, with a higher dependence on marine resources in the earlier period shifting to a more terrestrial diet in the later period. Several possibilities for this dietary shift are suggested including: change in community specialization; marine resource depression; disintensification of marine procurement; intensification of horticultural production; and cultural or social changes in resource allocation.

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Using Deer Stable Isotope Data to Test a Niche Construction Hypothesis for an Increase in Prehistoric Human Maize Consumption in the Eastern Woodlands of the United States

Environmental Archaeology ◽

10.1080/14614103.2021.1921674 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-19

Author(s):

Renée M. Bonzani ◽

Katharine V. Alexander ◽

Alexander Metz ◽

Jordon S. Munizzi ◽

Bruce L. Manzano ◽

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Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Stable Isotope ◽

Niche Construction ◽

The United States ◽

Eastern Woodlands ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Stable Isotope Data

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Integrated behavioural and stable isotope data reveal altered diet linked to low breeding success in urban-dwelling blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-017-04575-y ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 22

Author(s):

Christopher J. Pollock ◽

Pablo Capilla-Lasheras ◽

Rona A. R. McGill ◽

Barbara Helm ◽

Davide M. Dominoni

Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Breeding Success ◽

Cyanistes Caeruleus ◽

Isotope Data ◽

Blue Tits ◽

Stable Isotope Data

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Human and Dog Consumption of Fish on the Lower Ob River of Siberia: Evidence for a Major Freshwater Reservoir Effect at the Ust’-Polui Site

Radiocarbon ◽

10.1017/rdc.2017.77 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 60 (1) ◽

pp. 239-260 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Robert J Losey ◽

Lacey S Fleming ◽

Tatiana Nomokonova ◽

Andrei V Gusev ◽

Natalia V Fedorova ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stable Isotope ◽

Age Differences ◽

Dietary Patterns ◽

Fish Bone ◽

Archaeological Sites ◽

Faunal Remains ◽

Siberian Arctic ◽

Freshwater Reservoir ◽

Age Range ◽

Stable Isotope Data

AbstractUst’-Polui is one of the most extensively studied archaeological sites in the western Siberian Arctic. New radiocarbon (14C) dates for charcoal, faunal remains, bark, hide, and human bone from this site are presented. When modeled, the charcoal dates span from ~260 BC to 140 AD, overlapping with the dendrochronology dates from the site. These dates also overlap with the expected age of the site based on artefact typology. 14C dates on reindeer bone have a slightly younger modeled age range, from ~110 BC to 350 AD. In contrast, dates on the site’s numerous dog remains, and on human and fish bone, all predate these modeled age ranges by over 500 years, despite being from the same deposits. Several sets of paired dates demonstrate significant age differences. Bone dates with lower δ13C values tend to be over 500 years older than those with higher δ13C values. Stable isotope data for the humans, dogs, and other faunal remains are also presented. These data suggest the dogs and the humans were regularly consuming freshwater fish. The dogs were probably fed fish by their human counterparts. Overall, the dog and human dietary patterns at Ust’-Polui created 14C dates biased with major freshwater reservoir effects.

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