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DOI10.1111/arcm.12123
How "Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in Bronze Age Communities in the Central Kazakhstan Steppes
Lightfoot, E.1; Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, G.2; O’Connell, T. C.3; Kukushkin, I. A.4; Loman, V.4; Varfolomeev, V.4; Liu, X.1; Jones, M. K.3
通讯作者Lightfoot, E.
来源期刊ARCHAEOMETRY
ISSN0003-813X
EISSN1475-4754
出版年2015
卷号57页码:232-249
英文摘要

Steppe communities have traditionally been viewed as pastoralist groups with similar herd-based economies. Recent scholarship, however, warns against assumptions of homogeneity and new scientific techniques are providing a more nuanced approach to steppe archaeology, with increasing indications of diversity. This recent evidence further suggests that considering these communities as primarily pastoralist may hide a variety of subsistence strategies, such as fishing and cultivation. Here, we consider direct evidence for diet (in the form of stable isotope analysis) from Bronze Age communities from central Kazakhstan, in the semi-arid steppe zone. We find that the diversity recently suggested for communities across the steppe zone can be found within sites in the Karaganda region. This suggests that individuals exercised choice in their dietary habits that led to dietary differences large enough to be detectable isotopically. The results also highlight the inclusion of fish in the diet of these pastoral’ populations, with indications that some individuals in the Final Bronze Age consumed notable amounts of millet. This shows that these pastoralist’ economies also engaged in fishing throughout the Bronze Age, with millet cultivation becoming increasingly important in the Final Bronze Age. As such, our understanding of what it means, in this context, to be a pastoralist requires further consideration.


英文关键词palaeodiet carbon nitrogen steppe
类型Article
语种英语
国家England ; Lithuania ; Kazakhstan
收录类别SCI-E ; AHCI
WOS记录号WOS:000357017400014
WOS关键词STABLE-ISOTOPE ANALYSIS ; BONE-COLLAGEN ; PREHISTORIC POPULATIONS ; SOUTHERN SIBERIA ; MINUSINSK BASIN ; CARBON ISOTOPES ; TOOTH COLLAGEN ; TROPHIC LEVEL ; NITROGEN ; MILLET
WOS类目Archaeology ; Chemistry, Analytical ; Chemistry, Inorganic & Nuclear ; Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
WOS研究方向Archaeology ; Chemistry ; Geology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/185966
作者单位1.Univ Cambridge, McDonald Inst Archaeol Res, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England;
2.Vilnius Univ, Hist Fac, Dept Archaeol, LT-01513 Vilnius, Lithuania;
3.Univ Cambridge, Dept Archaeol & Anthropol, Cambridge CB2 3ER, England;
4.Karaganda State Univ, Saryarka Archaeol Inst, Karaganda 100028, Kazakhstan
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Lightfoot, E.,Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, G.,O’Connell, T. C.,等. How "Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in Bronze Age Communities in the Central Kazakhstan Steppes[J],2015,57:232-249.
APA Lightfoot, E..,Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute, G..,O’Connell, T. C..,Kukushkin, I. A..,Loman, V..,...&Jones, M. K..(2015).How "Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in Bronze Age Communities in the Central Kazakhstan Steppes.ARCHAEOMETRY,57,232-249.
MLA Lightfoot, E.,et al."How "Pastoral’ is Pastoralism? Dietary Diversity in Bronze Age Communities in the Central Kazakhstan Steppes".ARCHAEOMETRY 57(2015):232-249.
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