DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.11.005
论文题名: Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities
作者: Pederzani S. ; Britton K.
刊名: Earth Science Reviews
ISSN: 00128252
出版年: 2019
卷: 188 起始页码: 77
结束页码: 107
语种: 英语
中文关键词: Archaeology
; Bioapatite
; Carbonate
; Climate
; Mobility
; Phosphate
; Zooarchaeology
; δ18O
英文关键词: apatite
; archaeology
; carbonate rock
; climate change
; mobility
; oxygen isotope
; phosphate
; stable isotope
; Animalia
英文摘要: Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18O/16O, δ18O) are a powerful tool for exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) and can aid in the reconstruction of past human-environment interactions, socio-cultural decisions and individual life histories. Making use of the preserved animal and human tooth and bone commonly found at archaeological sites, applications include the reconstruction of palaeoclimate and palaeoseasonality; animal husbandry and management practices; human and animal lifetime mobility and provenance; and cultural practices such as breastfeeding, weaning and even past culinary preparation techniques. With a range of other uses across the natural, physical, chemical and biological sciences, oxygen isotope analyses are also highly cross-disciplinary, with developments in the field of isotope bioarchaeology potentially feeding into other fields and vice-versa. The purpose of this paper is to provide a summary of the biogeochemical background of oxygen isotope systematics from the water cycle to human and animal skeletal tissues for archaeologists and other scientists, and to explore how these have been utilised in terrestrial bioarchaeological research. In this way, we aim to provide an overview resource for stable isotope analysts in archaeology and the wider earth science community, as well as for archaeological practitioners and consumers interested in specific applications. By providing a summary of fundamental isotope mechanics alongside a review of recent developments in the field, we hope to highlight the potential of oxygen isotope bioarchaeology to not only reveal environmental and ecological aspects of the past relevant to human groups using archaeological materials, but also to illuminate past human decisions and behaviours. Current limitations and caveats of the approaches used are also explored. © 2018 Elsevier B.V. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/165906
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作者单位: Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, 04103, Germany; Department of Archaeology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland AB24 3UF, United Kingdom
Recommended Citation:
Pederzani S.,Britton K.. Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities[J]. Earth Science Reviews,2019-01-01,188