TY - JOUR
T1 - A preliminary assessment of ancient diet and mobility in Archaic period Asia minor
T2 - A view from Panormos, near Didyma
AU - Meiggs, David
AU - Slawisch, Anja
AU - Wilkinson, Toby
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the director and staff at the Milet Müzesi for permission and access to the skeletal collection, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the relevant permits for sampling. The rescue excavations at the necropolis of Panormos were funded by the German Archaeological Institute. We also thank Dr. Penny Higgins in the Department of Environmental & Earth Sciences at the University of Rochester for analysis of tooth enamel samples, as well as internal grants from the RIT College of Liberal Arts. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments that improved the text.
Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank the director and staff at the Milet Müzesi for permission and access to the skeletal collection, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the relevant permits for sampling. The rescue excavations at the necropolis of Panormos were funded by the German Archaeological Institute . We also thank Dr. Penny Higgins in the Department of Environmental & Earth Sciences at the University of Rochester for analysis of tooth enamel samples, as well as internal grants from the RIT College of Liberal Arts. We also thank two anonymous reviewers for constructive comments that improved the text.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2023/10
Y1 - 2023/10
N2 - The Archaic Period in the Aegean marks the establishment of colonies and settlements in the larger Mediterranean and Black Sea. But little is known of the character of any demic expansion and the character of daily life for non-elites. We report first results of stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in tooth enamel from thirteen individuals buried in an Archaic Period necropolis located in western Turkey. We also measured multiple teeth in three individuals, which allow us to consider life events during childhood. Results indicate greater dietary diversity than has been observed in other palaeodiet studies in the region. From a wide range of oxygen values, including individual inter-tooth variation, we suggest that some of the individuals buried at Panormos may have spent some time during childhood outside the Aegean climatic zone, including the Black Sea and the interior of Asia Minor.
AB - The Archaic Period in the Aegean marks the establishment of colonies and settlements in the larger Mediterranean and Black Sea. But little is known of the character of any demic expansion and the character of daily life for non-elites. We report first results of stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in tooth enamel from thirteen individuals buried in an Archaic Period necropolis located in western Turkey. We also measured multiple teeth in three individuals, which allow us to consider life events during childhood. Results indicate greater dietary diversity than has been observed in other palaeodiet studies in the region. From a wide range of oxygen values, including individual inter-tooth variation, we suggest that some of the individuals buried at Panormos may have spent some time during childhood outside the Aegean climatic zone, including the Black Sea and the interior of Asia Minor.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104169
DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2023.104169
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85172467443
SN - 2352-409X
VL - 51
SP - 1
EP - 9
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
M1 - 104169
ER -