在南方Levant的陶器前新石器时期的耶利哥,对社区稳定的同位素和蛋白质证据
Xiaoran Wang1,2, Baoshuai Zhang3, Yufeng Sun4
1Institute for Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology and Archaeology of the Roman Provinces, Ludwig Maximilians University, 80539, Munich, Germany.
Scientific reports
|September 29, 2023
概括
这项关于陶器前新石器时代耶利哥的研究揭示了使用同位素分析的极小迁徙的大部分静止社区. 蛋白质组分析表明,在PPN群体中,男性偏向的性别比率.
科学领域:
- 考古学的考古学
- 古人类学古人类学.
- 同位素地球化学 同位素地球化学
背景情况:
- 耶利哥是南方黎凡特早期新石器时期的重要中心,由于植物和动物的化,它经历了重大的社会和经济转变.
- 了解耶利哥的PPN时期对于理解早期社会发展和组织至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 通过使用稳定同位素分析,在PPN耶利哥研究人类的饮食和流动性.
- 评估PPN耶利哥社会的社会组织和灵活性.
- 为了确定PPN耶利哥人口的性别比例.
主要方法:
- 在52颗人类牙上进行了 (Sr/Sr86),氧 (δ18O) 和碳 (δ13C) 同位素分析.
- 构建南方Levant的空间基线.
- 用于性别估计的阿梅洛金的蛋白质组分析.
主要成果:
- 同位素分析在44名样本居民中只发现了两个非本地个体,这表明一个主要是久坐的社区.
- 蛋白质组分析显示,在PPN耶利哥样本中,男性偏向的性别比率,可能是由于样本大小或埋葬做法.
- 试图分析人类骨原蛋白的碳和同位素是没有成功的,因为保存不良.
结论:
- 耶利哥的PPN的特点是大部分人口是久坐不动的,流动性有限,有证据表明社会结构稳定.
- 观察到的性别偏差比率需要进一步调查社会动态和潜在的仪式行为.
- 同位素和蛋白质组分析为早期新石器时代人口的生活提供了宝贵的见解.
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