Birch, SEP;
Miracle, PT;
Stevens, RE;
O'Connell, TC;
(2016)
Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Migratory Behavior of Ungulates Using Isotopic Analysis of Tooth Enamel and Its Effects on Forager Mobility.
PLOS One
, 11
(6)
, Article e0155714. 10.1371/journal.pone.0155714.
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Abstract
Zooarchaeological and paleoecological investigations have traditionally been unable to reconstruct the ethology of herd animals, which likely had a significant influence on the mobility and subsistence strategies of prehistoric humans. In this paper, we reconstruct the migratory behavior of red deer (Cervus elaphus) and caprids at the Pleistocene-Holocene transition in the northeastern Adriatic region using stable oxygen isotope analysis of tooth enamel. The data show a significant change in δ18O values from the Pleistocene into the Holocene, as well as isotopic variation between taxa, the case study sites, and through time. We then discuss the implications of seasonal faunal availability as determining factors in human mobility patterns.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene Migratory Behavior of Ungulates Using Isotopic Analysis of Tooth Enamel and Its Effects on Forager Mobility |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0155714 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0155714 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2016 Pilaar Birch et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Teeth, Deer, Mesolithic period, Paleolithic period, Animal migration, Neolithic period, Archaeology, Human mobility |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1517193 |
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