Using Oxygen and Carbon Isotopic Signatures in order to Infer Dietary Information in Bones from Kythnos Island, Greece

The Eurasia Proceedings of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Pub Date : 2023-12-25 DOI:10.55549/epstem.1406805

Giorgos Diamantopoulos, P. Karalis, E. Dotsika, Alexandros MAZARAKIS-AINIAN, Evaggelia Kolofotia, Stavroula SAMARTZIDOU-ORKOPOULOU, Katerina Trantalidou, Eleanna Prevedorou, Panagiotis Leandros Poutoukis, Vasileios Mpletsos, A. Drosou, Anastasia Electra Poutouki, Dimitrios Tzovaras

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Isotopic studies have been conducted on skeletal remains of ancient populations from Kythnos, an island of the Cyclades in Greece, for the purpose of dietary reconstruction; mostly through carbon and nitrogen isotopic signals of bone collagen, and apatite signatures (oxygen and carbon) as dietary and palaeoenvironmental tools. The basic aims of the present study are to reconstruct the diet of this population and to detect possible differentiations between the adult and the childhood/juvenile diet. The results of this study revealed that residents of Kythnos probably consumed C3 and C4 products as their primary protein source. In addition, the collagen results along with the collagen-apatite spacing possibly indicated a detectable consumption of freshwater sources. The isotopic analyses have been conducted at the Stable Isotope and Radiocarbon Unit of INN, NCSR “Demokritos”.

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利用氧和碳同位素特征推断希腊基斯诺斯岛骨骼中的膳食信息

为了重建饮食结构，对希腊基克拉泽斯群岛（Kythnos）古代居民的骨骼遗骸进行了同位素研究；主要是通过骨胶原的碳和氮同位素信号以及磷灰石特征（氧和碳）作为饮食和古环境工具。本研究的基本目的是重建这一人群的饮食结构，并检测成人饮食结构与儿童/青少年饮食结构之间可能存在的差异。研究结果表明，基斯诺斯居民的主要蛋白质来源可能是 C3 和 C4 产品。此外，胶原蛋白结果以及胶原蛋白-磷灰石间距可能表明他们食用淡水。同位素分析是在 "德莫克里托斯 "国家科学研究中心 INN 稳定同位素和放射性碳研究室进行的。

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