Exploring Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Using Sulfur, Carbon, and Nitrogen
Author(s): Bryna Hull; Jelmer Eerkens; Reba Fuller
Year: 2021
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2021: General Sessions" session, at the 86th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
δ34S can be used in conjunction with δ13C and δ15N to examine if people were accessing resources from within the same local area or were seasonally mobile to exploit foods from other regions. Here we apply this stable isotopic triad to investigate mobility of hunter-gatherers from the central Sierra Nevada region. The δ13C and δ15N results demonstrate a terrestrial protein diet, low in trophic level. We hypothesize if the groups under study are consuming similar resources within the same local region, then people should exhibit similar δ34S values. We also examine possible differences between the sexes, and adults and juveniles.
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Exploring Hunter-Gatherer Mobility Using Sulfur, Carbon, and Nitrogen. Bryna Hull, Jelmer Eerkens, Reba Fuller. Presented at The 86th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2021 ( tDAR id: 467739)
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Geographic Keywords
North America: California and Great Basin
Spatial Coverage
min long: -124.189; min lat: 31.803 ; max long: -105.469; max lat: 43.58 ;
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Abstract Id(s): 33380