Ref ID:	30160
Ref Type:	Journal Article
Authors:	Bocherens, Hervé Mashkour, Marjan Drucker, Dorothée G. Moussa, Issam Billiou, Daniel
Title:	Stable isotope evidence for palaeodiets in southern Turkmenistan during Historical period and Iron Age
Date:	2006
Source:	Journal of Archaeological Science
Abstract:	The subsistence patterns of Iron Age and Historical period humans from south-western Turkmenistan have been reconstructed using the carbon and nitrogen isotopic compositions of archaeological faunal and human bones. A qualitative comparison of the isotopic signatures points to a small proportion of ruminant meat and dairy in human diet for both periods. The ranges of proportions of dietary items yielded by a quantitative approach based on concentration dependent mixing models confirm the high proportions of plant food in the average diet, and show little change in the reconstructed diet for both periods. A comparison of results from zooarchaeological and isotopic approaches illustrates their complementarity in subsistence patterns reconstruction.
Date Created:	1/4/2007
Volume:	33
Number:	2
Page Start:	253
Page End:	264