Diet in the Sardinian Bronze Age: models, collagen isotopic data, issues and perspectives
Traditional reconstructions depict Sardinian Bronze Age economy as a mixed one characterized by a remarkable importance of pastoralism, opposed to a more ‘agricultural’ Neolithic. The first few isotopic data, though not unambiguously, seem to indicate quite the opposite compared with earlier times,...
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openedition-oai:revues.org:pm_795 https://doi.org/10.4000/pm.795 urn:doi:10.4000/pm.795 https://journals.openedition.org/pm/795 2014-04-03T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/j3nt https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Diet in the Sardinian Bronze Age: models, collagen isotopic data, issues and perspectives Préhistoires méditerranéennes Association pour la promotion de la préhistoire et de l'anthropologie méditerranéennes info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2105-2565 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2118-8211 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/pm Lai, Luca Tykot, Robert H. Usai, Elena Beckett, Jessica F. Floris, Rosalba Fonzo, Ornella Goddard, Ethan Hollander, David Manunza, Maria Rosaria Usai, Alessandro Sardaigne Méditerranée âge du Bronze isotopes stables collagène régime alimentaire Sardinia Bronze Age Mediterranean diet stable isotopes collagen Traditional reconstructions depict Sardinian Bronze Age economy as a mixed one characterized by a remarkable importance of pastoralism, opposed to a more ‘agricultural’ Neolithic. The first few isotopic data, though not unambiguously, seem to indicate quite the opposite compared with earlier times, reflecting possibly a higher dependence on vegetal foods, with possible marginal contributions of aquatic foods and/or C4 plants at one coastal site. However, the importance of ecosystem-wide shifts in interpreting collagen data for comparative purposes is underlined, with specific examples from Sardinia, and so is the rarity of collections including faunal and botanical specimens alongside humans, which would help establish a local isotopic baseline. Efforts to discriminate animal vs. vegetal contributions in Bronze Age diets that are fully based on C3 ecosystems, therefore, remain tentative. Isotopic research in progress on Sardinian diet and climate from the Copper Age up to the Nuragic Late Bronze (2800-1100 BC) is expected to provide a better grasp on temporal and geographic variation. Les reconstitutions alimentaires traditionnelles dépeignent l’économie de l’âge du Bronze en Sardaigne comme une économie mixte caractérisée par une grande importance de l’élevage des moutons, juxtaposée à une période néolithique plus agricole. Les premières données isotopiques, bien que peu nombreuses encore, semblent, d’une façon ambigüe, plutôt indiquer le contraire lorsqu’on les compare aux données des périodes précédentes. Elles montrent une plus grande dépendance des aliments végétaux avec peut-être la contribution marginale d’aliments aquatiques et/ou des plantes issues du milieu côtier. Afin de palier le manque d’études sur les restes fauniques et botaniques et dans le but de réaliser des comparaisons à l’échelle de la Sardaigne, une analyse détaillée des données isotopiques des collagènes a été réalisée pour cerner l’importance de modifications isotopiques de l’écosystème tout entier. Une recherche en cours sur la diète et sur le climat dans la Sardaigne à partir du Néolithique jusqu’à l’âge du Fer (4700-500 avant J.C.) devrait permettre une meilleure interprétation de la variabilité isotopique d’un point de vue chronologique et géographique. |
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Sardaigne Méditerranée âge du Bronze isotopes stables collagène régime alimentaire Sardinia Bronze Age Mediterranean diet stable isotopes collagen Lai, Luca Tykot, Robert H. Usai, Elena Beckett, Jessica F. Floris, Rosalba Fonzo, Ornella Goddard, Ethan Hollander, David Manunza, Maria Rosaria Usai, Alessandro Diet in the Sardinian Bronze Age: models, collagen isotopic data, issues and perspectives |
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Traditional reconstructions depict Sardinian Bronze Age economy as a mixed one characterized by a remarkable importance of pastoralism, opposed to a more ‘agricultural’ Neolithic. The first few isotopic data, though not unambiguously, seem to indicate quite the opposite compared with earlier times, reflecting possibly a higher dependence on vegetal foods, with possible marginal contributions of aquatic foods and/or C4 plants at one coastal site. However, the importance of ecosystem-wide shifts in interpreting collagen data for comparative purposes is underlined, with specific examples from Sardinia, and so is the rarity of collections including faunal and botanical specimens alongside humans, which would help establish a local isotopic baseline. Efforts to discriminate animal vs. vegetal contributions in Bronze Age diets that are fully based on C3 ecosystems, therefore, remain tentative. Isotopic research in progress on Sardinian diet and climate from the Copper Age up to the Nuragic Late Bronze (2800-1100 BC) is expected to provide a better grasp on temporal and geographic variation. |
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Lai, Luca Tykot, Robert H. Usai, Elena Beckett, Jessica F. Floris, Rosalba Fonzo, Ornella Goddard, Ethan Hollander, David Manunza, Maria Rosaria Usai, Alessandro |
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Lai, Luca Tykot, Robert H. Usai, Elena Beckett, Jessica F. Floris, Rosalba Fonzo, Ornella Goddard, Ethan Hollander, David Manunza, Maria Rosaria Usai, Alessandro |
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Diet in the Sardinian Bronze Age: models, collagen isotopic data, issues and perspectives |
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Diet in the Sardinian Bronze Age: models, collagen isotopic data, issues and perspectives |
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