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Paleodietary Patterns of the Cherepakha 13 Site Population (Early Iron Age) in Primorye (Maritime) Province, Russian Far East, based on Stable Isotope Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2018

Yaroslav V Kuzmin ,
Vsevolod S Panov ,
Viacheslav V Gasilin  and
Sergei V Batarshev
Yaroslav V Kuzmin*
Affiliation:
Sobolev Institute of Geology & Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia Laboratory of Mesozoic and Cenozoic Continental Ecosystems, Tomsk State University, Tomsk 634050, Russia
Vsevolod S Panov
Affiliation:
Center of Cenozoic Geochronology, Institute of Archaeology & Ethnography, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
Viacheslav V Gasilin
Affiliation:
Institute of Plant & Animal Ecology, Urals Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg 620144, Russia
Sergei V Batarshev
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Archaeology of the Amur Region, Institute of History, Archaeology & Ethnography of Far Eastern Nations, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok 690001, Russia
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*Corresponding author. Emails: [email protected]; [email protected].
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Abstract

New paleodietary data were obtained after the discovery and excavation in 2015–2017 of the Cherepakha 13 site in the southern part of Primorye (Maritime) Province in far eastern Russia. The site is located near the coast of Ussuri Bay (Sea of Japan) and belongs to the Yankovsky cultural complex of the Early Iron Age 14C-dated to ca. 3000 BP (ca. 1200 cal BC). The stable isotope composition of the bone collagen for 11 humans and 30 animals was determined. For humans, the following values (with±1 sigma) were yielded: δ13C=–10.2±0.8‰; and δ15N=+12.4±0.3‰. The majority of terrestrial animals show the usual isotopic signals: δ13C=–19.4 ÷ –23.3‰; and δ15N=+4.6÷+6.6‰ (for wolves, up to +10.1‰); dogs, however, have an isotopic composition similar to humans: δ13C= –11.7±1.2‰; and δ15N=+12.4±0.4‰. Marine mammals have common values for pinnipeds: δ13C=–13.7 ÷ –14.6‰; and δ15N=+17.4 ÷ +18.0‰. The main food resources for the population of Cherepakha 13 site were (1) marine mollusks, fish, and mammals; and (2) terrestrial mammals; and possibly C4 plants (domesticated millets).

Keywords

Cherepakha 13Early Iron AgepaleodietPrimorye (Maritime) Province, Russiastable isotopesYankovsky Culture
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Radiocarbon , Volume 60 , Special Issue 5: 2nd Radiocarbon in the Environment Conference, Debrecen, Hungary, July 3–7, 2017 Part 2 of 2 and Radiocarbon & Diet 2 International Conference Aarhus, Denmark, June 20–23, 2017 , October 2018 , pp. 1611 - 1620
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Selected Papers from the 2nd International Radiocarbon and Diet Conference: Aquatic Food Resources and Reservoir Effects, 20–23 June 2017, Aarhus, Denmark

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