Dating Charred Remains on Pottery and Analyzing Food Habits in the Early Neolithic Period in Northeast Asia
2013; Cambridge University Press; Volume: 55; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1017/s0033822200048244
ISSN1945-5755
AutoresDai Kunikitа, Igor Shevkomud, Kunio Yoshida, Shizuo Onuki, Toshiro Yamahara, Hiroyuki Matsuzaki,
Tópico(s)Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
ResumoThis study reconstructs food habits through carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis, and C/N analysis of charred residues inside pottery from Amur River sites in Russia (Goncharka 1 site, Novotroitskoe 10 site, Kondon 1 site) and in Hokkaido, Japan (Taisho 3 site, Yachiyo A site). We obtained dates from 12,330 to 7920 BP for these sites. There are major differences in the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios between the Taisho 3 site (δ 13 C: -21.7 to -24.1; δ 15 N: 11.9–14.7%) and the other sites (δ 13 C:-22.0 to -27.1%; δ 15 N: 7.1–13.1%), suggesting that the people of the Taisho 3 site made use of anadromous fish such as salmonids and some species of trout, as well as marine resources. The dates from the other sites except Taisho 3 were assumed to be from a mixture of marine foods, C 3 plants and terrestrial animals, and freshwater fish. The food boiled in the pots also indicated a high dependence on marine resources during the initial stages of the emergence of pottery.
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