Shifty baselines: The landscape factor in archaeological applications of stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

IF 2.5 1区地球科学 Q1 ANTHROPOLOGY

Journal of Archaeological Science Pub Date : 2025-08-08 DOI:10.1016/j.jas.2025.106332

D.J. Huisman

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Abstract

The carbon (C) and nitrogen (N) stable isotope systems (expressed as δ13C and δ15N values) are used extensively in archaeology to study food chains, diet and subsistence practices. However, the variability of δ13C and δ15N values in different types of landscape is often underestimated leading to calls to consider these values in archaeological contexts as isoscapes. I investigate the relation between landscape characteristics and δC13 and δN15 values in plants and (human and animal) bones, using a dataset of ∼2500 published measurements from modern and past environments in the Netherlands.

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变化的基线：稳定碳和氮同位素在考古应用中的景观因素

碳(C)和氮(N)稳定同位素系统（以δ13C和δ15N值表示）在考古学中广泛用于研究食物链、饮食和生存习惯。然而，δ13C和δ15N值在不同类型景观中的变异性往往被低估，导致人们呼吁将这些值在考古背景下视为等景观。我研究了景观特征与植物和（人类和动物）骨骼中的δC13和δN15值之间的关系，使用了来自荷兰现代和过去环境的约2500个已发表测量数据集。

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来源期刊

Journal of Archaeological Science 地学-地球科学综合

CiteScore

6.10

自引率

7.10%

发文量

112

审稿时长

49 days

期刊介绍： The Journal of Archaeological Science is aimed at archaeologists and scientists with particular interests in advancing the development and application of scientific techniques and methodologies to all areas of archaeology. This established monthly journal publishes focus articles, original research papers and major review articles, of wide archaeological significance. The journal provides an international forum for archaeologists and scientists from widely different scientific backgrounds who share a common interest in developing and applying scientific methods to inform major debates through improving the quality and reliability of scientific information derived from archaeological research.