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A combined dietary approach using isotope and dental buccal-microwear analysis of human remains from the Neolithic, Roman and Medieval periods from the archaeological site of Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, Spain)

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A combined dietary approach using isotope and dental buccal-microwear analysis of human remains from the Neolithic, Roman and Medieval periods from the archaeological site of Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, Spain)

dc.contributor.author	Salazar García, Domingo Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Romero Rameta, Alejandro
dc.contributor.author	García Borja, Pablo
dc.contributor.author	Subirà Galdácano, Maria Eulàlia
dc.contributor.author	Richards, Michael P.
dc.date.accessioned	2016-04-05T10:10:30Z
dc.date.available	2016-04-05T10:10:30Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.citation	Salazar García, Domingo Carlos Romero, Alejandro García Borja, Pablo Subirà Galdácano, Maria Eulàlia Richards, Michael P. (Michael Phillip) 2016 A combined dietary approach using isotope and dental buccal-microwear analysis of human remains from the Neolithic, Roman and Medieval periods from the archaeological site of Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, Spain) Journal of archaeological science: reports
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10550/51964
dc.description.abstract	Stable isotope and dental-microwear analysis aremethods commonly used to reconstruct dietary habits in modern and ancient human populations. However, it is rare that they are both used together in the same study, and here both methods are combined to obtain information on human dietary habits from the site of Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, Spain) through time. Middle Neolithic, Late Roman and Medieval (Islamic) individuals have been analyzed for carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of bone collagen, as well as for buccal-dental microwear. Overall, δ13C and δ15N isotopic values show that for all periods the diet was mainly based on C3 terrestrial resources. However, the isotopic signature suggests a small, but clear amount ofmarine protein consumption during the Neolithic period and possibly also for a few individuals from the Medieval period. When compared to other studies from the region, it is also possible to see that the consumption of C4 resources was much more extensive during Medieval times than in previous periods. Microwear scratch density and length found for teeth fromthe Neolithic and Medieval periods reflect a diet inwhich tough foods predominated, requiring substantial pressure to chew in comparison with what was recorded for the Roman individuals. Combined with the δ15N data, the microwear signature suggests a higher input of marine/gritty resources among the Neolithic and Medieval populations compared to the Romans. Our findings also suggest that dietary patterns might be explained by cultural and technological population factors rather than habitat resource availability.
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of archaeological science: reports, 2016
dc.subject	Restes humanes (Arqueologia)
dc.title	A combined dietary approach using isotope and dental buccal-microwear analysis of human remains from the Neolithic, Roman and Medieval periods from the archaeological site of Tossal de les Basses (Alicante, Spain)
dc.type	journal article	es_ES
dc.date.updated	2016-04-05T10:10:31Z
dc.identifier.doi	10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.002
dc.identifier.idgrec	110043
dc.rights.accessRights	open access	es_ES