Focus: sulphur isotope variation in archaeological marine fauna from northern Europe |
| |
| Authors: | OE Craig R Ross Søren H Andersen N Milner GN Bailey |
| |
| Institution: | 1. Centro di Antropologia Molecolare, Dipartimento di Biologia, Universitá di Roma “Tor Vergata”, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma, Italy;2. School of Historical Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 7RU, UK;3. The National Museum of Denmark, DK-1220 Copenhagen K, Denmark;4. Department of Archaeology, University of York, The King''s Manor, York, Y01 7EP, UK |
| |
| Abstract: | We undertook combined stable carbon, nitrogen and sulphur isotope analysis of marine and terrestrial faunal remains from two prehistoric coastal shell middens in Denmark. The aim of the investigation was to establish whether sulphur isotopes were useful in discriminating terrestrial and marine consumers in this region. We found that sulphur isotopes do separate marine and terrestrial fauna but, contrary to our expectations, we observed a negative correlation between δ34S and δ13C values for marine fauna. We conclude that similar studies over a broader geographical range are needed before sulphur isotopes can be reliably used to study coastal resource exploitation. |
| |
| Keywords: | Sulphur Stable isotopes Mesolithic Neolithic Marine Collagen |
| 本文献已被 ScienceDirect 等数据库收录！ |
|
