Applications of Isotope Research in Zooarchaeology
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 81st Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL (2016)
Recent advances in stable isotopic analysis have enabled zooarchaeologists to explore previously unanswerable questions regarding past human and animal relationships. Stable isotope investigations using ancient bone and shell remains have the potential to assess a number of diverse social and biological topics, including diet and foodway practices, status and differential provisioning, exchange patterns, animal rearing and hunting techniques, biological consequences of domestication, and short and long term environmental changes. This session examines several applications of animal isotopic analysis from across the globe and from both prehistoric and historic eras.
Other Keywords
Zooarchaeology •
Isotope Analysis •
Isotopes •
isotope •
Maya •
Stable Isotopes •
Indus civilization •
bioarchaeology •
Migration •
Diet
Geographic Keywords
Europe •
Mesoamerica •
South Asia •
South America •
Central America •
North America - Southwest •
North America-Canada •
East/Southeast Asia •
West Asia
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Isotopes and Environments: Exploring Palaeoenvironmental Change during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic in the Cantabrian Region, Northern Spain (2016)
Land-Use and Social Networking of the Indus Civilization Explored with Stable Isotopes in Faunal Remains (2016)
Tethered, Ad Hoc, Resilient, or Structured? An Isotopic Investigation of Pastoral Strategies in Montane Ecosystems of Central Asia (2016)