Author, as appears in the article.: Hernando, Raquel; Gamarra, Beatriz; McCall, Ashley; Cheronet, Olivia; Fernandes, Daniel; Sirak, Kendra; Schmidt, Ryan; Lozano, Marina; Szeniczey, Tamas; Hajdu, Tamas; Barany, Annamaria; Kalli, Andras; Tutkovics, Eszter K.; Kohler, Kitti; Kiss, Krisztian; Koos, Judit; Csengeri, Piroska; Kiraly, Agnes; Horvath, Antonia; Hajdu, Melinda L.; Toth, Krisztian; Patay, Robert; Feeney, Robin N. M.; Pinhasi, Ron;
Department: Història i Història de l'Art
URV's Author/s: Hernando Santamaria, Raquel / Lozano Ruiz, Marina
Keywords: Tooth Pathology Isotopes Isotope Hungary Humans Human Fossils Fossil Chemistry Cheek Carbon isotopes Carbon Ancient
Abstract: Dietary reconstruction is used to make inferences about the subsistence strategies of ancient human populations, but it may also serve as a proxy to characterise their diverse cultural and technological manifestations. Dental microwear and stable isotope analyses have been shown to be successful techniques for paleodietary reconstruction of ancient populations but, despite yielding complementary dietary information, these techniques have rarely been combined within the same study. Here we present for the first time a comprehensive approach to interpreting ancient lifeways through the results of buccal and occlusal microwear, and delta C-13 and delta N-15 isotope analyses applied to the same individuals of prehistoric populations of Hungary from the Middle Neolithic to the Late Bronze Age periods. This study aimed to (a) assess if the combination of techniques yields a more precise assessment of past dietary and subsistence practices, and (b) contribute to our understanding of the dietary patterns of the prehistoric Hungarian populations. Overall, no correlations between microwear and delta C-13 and delta N-15 isotope variables were observed, except for a relationship between nitrogen and the vertical and horizontal index. However, we found that diachronic differences are influenced by the variation within the period. Particularly, we found differences in microwear and isotope variables between Middle Neolithic sites, indicating that there were different dietary practices among those populations. Additionally, microwear results suggest no changes in the abrasiveness of the diet, neither food processing methods, despite higher C-4 plant resource consumption shown by carbon isotopic signal. Thus, we demonstrate that the integration of dental microwear and carbon and nitrogen stable isotope methodologies can provide complementary information for making inferences about paleodietary habits.
Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Saúde coletiva Química Psicología Odontología Nutrição Multidisciplinary sciences Multidisciplinary Medicina veterinaria Medicina iii Medicina ii Medicina i Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Letras / linguística Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Farmacia Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Enfermagem Educação física Educação Economia Ciências biológicas iii Ciências biológicas ii Ciências biológicas i Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biotecnología Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: marina.lozano@urv.cat raquel.hernando@estudiants.urv.cat raquel.hernando@estudiants.urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-6304-7848
Record's date: 2024-07-27
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-86369-x
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Scientific Reports. 11 (1): 7034-
APA: Hernando, Raquel; Gamarra, Beatriz; McCall, Ashley; Cheronet, Olivia; Fernandes, Daniel; Sirak, Kendra; Schmidt, Ryan; Lozano, Marina; Szeniczey, Tama (2021). Integrating buccal and occlusal dental microwear with isotope analyses for a complete paleodietary reconstruction of Holocene populations from Hungary. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 7034-. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86369-x
Article's DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-86369-x
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2021
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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