利用来自西班牙莱盖尔河畔的人类牙釉质、牙本质和骨骼的多同位素分析重建史前生活方式。

Reconstructing prehistoric lifeways using multi-Isotope analyses of human enamel, dentine, and bone from Legaire Sur, Spain.

作者信息

Griffith Jacob I, James Hannah F, Ordoño Javier, Fernández-Crespo Teresa, Gerritzen Carina T, Cheung Christina, Spros Rachèl, Claeys Philippe, Goderis Steven, Veselka Barbara, Snoeck Christophe

机构信息

Archaeology, Environmental Changes and Geo-Chemistry, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium.

Department of Archaeology and New Technologies, Arkikus, Spain.

出版信息

PLoS One. 2025 Jan 22;20(1):e0316387. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316387. eCollection 2025.

Abstract

Megalithism has been repetitively tied to specialised herding economies in Iberia, particularly in the mountainous areas of the Basque Country. Legaire Sur, in the uplands of Álava region, is a recently excavated passage tomb (megalithic monument) that held a minimum number of 25 individuals. This study analysed the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium isotope ratios of 18 individuals, in a multi-tissue sampling study (successional tooth enamel sampling, incremental dentine sampling, and bulk bone collagen sampling). The results provide a high-resolution reconstruction of individual mobility, weaning, and dietary lifeways of those inhumed at the site. Oxygen and strontium isotope analysis suggest all individuals come from a similar, likely local, geological region, aside from one biological female who presents a notably different geographical birthplace, weaning, and dietary life history than the rest of the burial population. Comparisons to other nearby megalithic sites (∼35km as the crow flies), located in a valley area, reveal that, whilst sharing the same mortuary practices, these individuals held notably different lifeways. They highlight notably earlier ages of cessation of nursing (≤2 years at Legaire Sur vs. ≥4 years in other megalithic tombs), and a greater dependence on pastoralism than previously observed in lowland megalithic graves. The results from Legaire Sur reveal the complexity of the Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic transition in north-central Iberia, categorising yet another separate socio-economic group with distinctive lifeways inhabiting the region.

摘要

巨石文化一直被反复地与伊比利亚半岛的专业化畜牧经济联系在一起,尤其是在巴斯克地区的山区。位于阿拉瓦地区高地的莱盖尔·叙尔是一座最近发掘的通道墓(巨石纪念碑),其中至少埋葬了25人。在一项多组织采样研究(连续牙釉质采样、增量牙本质采样和大块骨胶原采样)中,该研究分析了18个人的碳、氮、氧和锶同位素比率。研究结果对该遗址埋葬者的个体迁移、断奶情况和饮食生活方式进行了高分辨率重建。氧和锶同位素分析表明,除了一名生物学女性外,所有个体都来自相似的、可能是当地的地质区域,这名女性的出生地、断奶情况和饮食生活史与其他埋葬人群明显不同。与位于山谷地区的其他附近巨石遗址(直线距离约35公里)相比,结果显示,虽然这些遗址有着相同的丧葬习俗,但这些个体的生活方式却明显不同。他们的断奶年龄明显更早(莱盖尔·叙尔遗址≤2岁,而其他巨石墓≥4岁),并且对畜牧业的依赖程度比之前在低地巨石墓中观察到的更高。莱盖尔·叙尔遗址的研究结果揭示了伊比利亚半岛中北部新石器时代晚期至铜石并用时代过渡的复杂性,将该地区另一个具有独特生活方式的独立社会经济群体进行了分类。

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