北美考古同位素存储库北美考古同位素存储库
Traci N Billings1,2,3, Erin Scott4, Carlo Cocozza4,5,6
1Department of Archaeology, Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology, Jena, 07745, Germany. billings@gea.mpg.de.
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|January 11, 2025
概括
北美考古同位素存储库 (NARIA) 是一个新的,大型的,开放访问的数据库,包含来自北美考古样本的28,000多个同位素测量,跨越12,000年. 这个资源有助于研究古代人类的行为,环境和饮食.
科学领域:
- 生物考古学的生物考古学
- 同位素地球化学 同位素地球化学
- 考古学科学 考古学科学
背景情况:
- 考古样本的同位素分析提供了关于过去人类生活方式的关键数据.
- 需要一个全面的,可访问的数据库来合成北美现有的同位素数据.
- 现有的数据是零碎的,限制了大规模研究古食,古流动性和古环境.
研究的目的:
- 创建北美考古同位素存储库 (NARIA),这是最大的生物考古同位素数据开放访问汇编.
- 为北美超过28000个同位素测量的集中资源提供.
- 为了促进研究古老移动性,古老环境和古老饮食超过12,000年.
主要方法:
- 编制了之前报告的稳定 (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O) 和放射性 (87Sr/86Sr) 同位素测量结果.
- 包括来自北美 (加拿大,格陵兰,墨西哥,美国) 的人类,动物和植物考古样本的数据.
- 综合上下文信息,如每个样本的位置,时间表和文化归属.
主要成果:
- 建立了NARIA,一个包含28,374个生物考古学同位素测量的数据库.
- 数据库涵盖了超过12,000年的时间跨度.
- 数据涵盖了广泛的考古背景和样本类型.
结论:
- NARIA为研究人类过去的生活方式提供了巨大的潜力,包括移动性,饮食和环境相互作用.
- 该数据库作为一个有价值的工具,用于识别北美考古学的空间和时间研究差距.
- 纳里亚将通过突出需要进一步的同位素研究的领域来指导未来的研究方向.
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