Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research
Part of: Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)
This collection contains the abstracts of the papers presented in the session entitled "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research," at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Stable isotopes have proven indispensable for archaeologists and scientists exploring questions about past diet, human-animal relationships, and human-environment interactions. More recent methodological and analytical advances in stable isotope techniques, including analysis of individual compounds such as amino and fatty acids, have allowed us to further understand these topics. Understanding the biochemical underpinnings behind stable isotope techniques allows for a more in depth understanding and interpretation of archaeological data. Fundamentally, we would like to highlight the new, unique, exciting, and innovative ways that stable isotopes are shaping our understanding of the past.
Other Keywords
Stable Isotopes •
Archaic •
historical ecology •
Archaeometry & Materials Analysis •
stable isotopes, agriculture, bioarchaeology, zooarchaeology •
Zooarchaeology •
Mobility •
Ancestral Pueblo •
Strontium Isotopes •
Bioarchaeology/Skeletal Analysis
Geographic Keywords
North America (Continent) •
United Mexican States (Country) •
Peten (State / Territory) •
Yucatan (State / Territory) •
Belize (Country) •
Orange Walk (State / Territory) •
Cayo (State / Territory) •
Corozal (State / Territory) •
Belize (State / Territory) •
Stann Creek (State / Territory)
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Amino Acid d13C Analysis of Ancient Marine Consumers Quantifies Environmental Change in a Nearshore Ecosystem through the Late Holocene (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Kelp forests are some of the most biodiverse and ubiquitous temperate marine ecosystems. Here, we employ d13C analysis of individual essential amino acids (EAA) from ancient top consumers to evaluate the dynamics of southern California kelp forests across a period of rapid cultural change and accelerating human impacts (~3500 ybp –...
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A Common Analytical Language: Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis as a Means for Collaboration between Archaeology and Ecology (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Archaeologists first embraced stable isotope analysis decades ago and have used this tool to study many aspects of human ecology, including diet, movement patterns, and the domestication of plants and animals (to name a few). In comparison to bulk tissue isotope analysis, technological advances in the analysis of individual compounds such...
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Comparative Stable Isotopic Analyses between Dental Enamel and Bone Collagen among Central American Archaeological Samples Spanning 8,000 Years (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen stable isotope analyses are popular tools within the field of archaeology. Applications for stable isotope analyses of human and faunal bone collagen and dental enamel include environmental reconstructions, modeling subsistence patterns, and investigating human-animal relationships, as well as potential to...
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Forager Mobility Patterns in Southern Belize: Preliminary Results from a Holocene-Length Record (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Despite considerable research on mobility patterns of the Classic Lowland Maya, the mobility of pre-ceramic foragers is understudied. Elsewhere, logistical mobility strategies have been documented for archaeological and ethnographic forager populations in tropical forest biomes. Most often these strategies are related to seasonally...
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A Southwestern Producer Essential Amino Acid d13C Library: Potential Archaelogical Applications (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Well-defined patterns in essential amino acid (AAESS) d13C values of autotrophs (plants and protists) and heterotrophs (bacteria and fungi) that can synthesize AAESS de novo provide enhanced discriminatory power to trace energy flow through freshwater and adjacent terrestrial foodwebs. This method may be useful for studying the impacts of...
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Subsistence Change during the Transition to Agriculture in Southern Belize: What Amino Acid Specific Stable Isotope Analyses Can Tell Us (2019)
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This is an abstract from the "Advances in Interdisciplinary Isotopic Research" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The impact of the agricultural transition in the Maya region is little understood. Excavations at two rockshelters in southern Belize, Mayahak Cab Pek and Saki Tzul, have uncovered intact deposits dating from Cal.12,000 to 1,100 BP with a continuous record of both human and fauna remains. Using carbon and nitrogen bulk tissue and carbon...