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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 157-173 |
Journal | Archaeological Research in Asia |
Volume | 15 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Sep 2018 |
Keywords
- Stable isotope analysis
- Early Iron Age
- Final Bronze Age
- C4 plants
- Agriculture
- kazakhstan
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Early indicators to C4 plant consumption in central Kazakhstan during the Final Bronze Age and Early Iron Age based on stable isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen. / Zhuniskhanov, Aidyn.
In: Archaeological Research in Asia, Vol. 15, 09.2018, p. 157-173.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - Early indicators to C4 plant consumption in central Kazakhstan during the Final Bronze Age and Early Iron Age based on stable isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen
AU - Zhuniskhanov, Aidyn
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PY - 2018/9
Y1 - 2018/9
N2 - In this paper, we present new stable isotope data from central, southern and eastern Kazakhstan (KZ) that date to the Early Iron Age. Our primary data together with results from previously published studies demonstrate that the consumption of C4 plants, possibly millet, started in the Final Bronze Age in central KZ and continued into the Early Iron Age. Data from southern KZ, however, demonstrate that over half the human population consumed C4 crops in the Early Iron Age as opposed to the central regions of KZ, where just a few individuals within the population, often males buried in elite kurgans, have high δ13C values indicative of C4 plant consumption. In this paper we aim first to understand if any dietary changes can be seen in the central KZ population during the transitional period between the Bronze and Iron Ages; secondly, we investigate the extent of C4 plant consumption in central KZ during these time periods. Here we present new human isotopic data from nine central sites of the Tasmola culture (n = 11), two eastern KZ sites (n = 3) and two southern KZ sites (n = 26).
AB - In this paper, we present new stable isotope data from central, southern and eastern Kazakhstan (KZ) that date to the Early Iron Age. Our primary data together with results from previously published studies demonstrate that the consumption of C4 plants, possibly millet, started in the Final Bronze Age in central KZ and continued into the Early Iron Age. Data from southern KZ, however, demonstrate that over half the human population consumed C4 crops in the Early Iron Age as opposed to the central regions of KZ, where just a few individuals within the population, often males buried in elite kurgans, have high δ13C values indicative of C4 plant consumption. In this paper we aim first to understand if any dietary changes can be seen in the central KZ population during the transitional period between the Bronze and Iron Ages; secondly, we investigate the extent of C4 plant consumption in central KZ during these time periods. Here we present new human isotopic data from nine central sites of the Tasmola culture (n = 11), two eastern KZ sites (n = 3) and two southern KZ sites (n = 26).
KW - Stable isotope analysis
KW - Early Iron Age
KW - Final Bronze Age
KW - C4 plants
KW - Agriculture
KW - kazakhstan
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2017.12.002
DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ara.2017.12.002
M3 - Article
VL - 15
SP - 157
EP - 173
JO - Archaeological Research in Asia
JF - Archaeological Research in Asia
SN - 2352-2267
ER -