Mobility and the diversity of Early Neolithic lives: Isotopic evidence from skeletons |
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Authors: | R Alexander Bentley |
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Institution: | Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, Bristol University, 43 Woodland Road, Bristol BS8 1UU, UK |
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Abstract: | Isotopic analyses of tooth enamel from early Neolithic skeletons in southern Germany adds diversity to the picture of the Neolithic transition in central Europe, which has often been described as a wholesale shift in diet and technology. Over the past decade, these isotopic studies have suggested some degree of immigration from nearby indigenous groups, as well as social differences within early Neolithic communities that correlate with immigration patterns. In general, there emerges pattern a pattern of patrilocal kinship that is consistent with independent genetic evidence, and anthropologically consistent with the potential identification of Neolithic ‘nuclear families’; and finally, specialisation of subsistence activities, such as livestock herding and cultivating, probably along hereditary lines. |
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Keywords: | Mobility Specialisation Community diversity Linearbandkeramik Central Europe |
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