Late Holocene dietary and cultural variability on the Xingu River, Amazon Basin: A stable isotopic approach
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| Title: | Late Holocene dietary and cultural variability on the Xingu River, Amazon Basin: A stable isotopic approach |
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| Authors: | Letícia Morgana Müller, Renato Kipnis, Mariane Pereira Ferreira, Sara Marzo, Bianca Fiedler, Mary Lucas, Jana Ilgner, Hilton P. Silva, Patrick Roberts |
| Source: | PLoS One PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 8 (2022) PLoS ONE, Vol 17, Iss 8, p e0271545 (2022) Müller, L M, Kipnis, R, Ferreira, M P, Marzo, S, Fiedler, B, Lucas, M, Ilgner, J, Silva, H P & Roberts, P 2022, ' Late Holocene dietary and cultural variability on the Xingu River, Amazon Basin : A stable isotopic approach ', PLoS ONE, vol. 17, no. 8, e0271545, pp. 1-27 . https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271545 |
| Publisher Information: | Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022. |
| Publication Year: | 2022 |
| Subject Terms: | 2. Zero hunger, 0301 basic medicine, Science, 06 humanities and the arts, Forests, 15. Life on land, Diet, 03 medical and health sciences, Isotopes, Rivers, 13. Climate action, Rivers/chemistry, Medicine, Humans, 0601 history and archaeology, Collagen, Research Article |
| Description: | Although once considered a ‘counterfeit paradise’, the Amazon Basin is now a region of increasing interest in discussions of pre-colonial tropical land-use and social complexity. Archaeobotany, archaeozoology, remote sensing and palaeoecology have revealed that, by the Late Holocene, populations in different parts of the Amazon Basin were using various domesticated plants, modifying soils, building earthworks, and even forming ‘Garden Cities’ along the Amazon River and its tributaries. However, there remains a relatively limited understanding as to how diets, environmental management, and social structures varied across this vast area. Here, we apply stable isotope analysis to human remains (n = 4 for collagen, n = 17 for tooth enamel), and associated fauna (n = 61 for collagen, n = 28 for tooth enamel), to directly determine the diets of populations living in the Volta Grande do Rio Xingu, an important region of pre-Columbian cultural interactions, between 390 cal. years BC and 1,675 cal. years AD. Our results highlight an ongoing dietary focus on C3 plants and wild terrestrial fauna and aquatic resources across sites and time periods, with varying integration of C4 plants (i.e. maize). We argue that, when compared to other datasets now available from elsewhere in the Amazon Basin, our study highlights the development of regional adaptations to local watercourses and forest types. |
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| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1932-6203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0271545 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35921285 https://doaj.org/article/4be4b06830a14630a237ab5ecf558c22 https://doaj.org/article/61bb23414b384303ab8cbe1a1064d5b6 http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-D614-E http://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-000A-D616-C https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11820/6300465c-a3ae-4c04-b679-a2518d97cbf5 https://www.pure.ed.ac.uk/ws/files/289973898/journal.pone.0271545.pdf |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | Although once considered a ‘counterfeit paradise’, the Amazon Basin is now a region of increasing interest in discussions of pre-colonial tropical land-use and social complexity. Archaeobotany, archaeozoology, remote sensing and palaeoecology have revealed that, by the Late Holocene, populations in different parts of the Amazon Basin were using various domesticated plants, modifying soils, building earthworks, and even forming ‘Garden Cities’ along the Amazon River and its tributaries. However, there remains a relatively limited understanding as to how diets, environmental management, and social structures varied across this vast area. Here, we apply stable isotope analysis to human remains (n = 4 for collagen, n = 17 for tooth enamel), and associated fauna (n = 61 for collagen, n = 28 for tooth enamel), to directly determine the diets of populations living in the Volta Grande do Rio Xingu, an important region of pre-Columbian cultural interactions, between 390 cal. years BC and 1,675 cal. years AD. Our results highlight an ongoing dietary focus on C3 plants and wild terrestrial fauna and aquatic resources across sites and time periods, with varying integration of C4 plants (i.e. maize). We argue that, when compared to other datasets now available from elsewhere in the Amazon Basin, our study highlights the development of regional adaptations to local watercourses and forest types. |
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| ISSN: | 19326203 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pone.0271545 |