A distinct section of the Early Bronze Age society? Stable isotope investigations of burials in settlement pits and multiple inhumations of the Únětice culture in central Germany.
A distinct section of the Early Bronze Age society? Stable isotope investigations of burials in settlement pits and multiple inhumations of the Únětice culture in central Germany.
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早期青铜时代社会的一个独特部分?对德国中部乌涅蒂采文化的聚居坑墓葬和多次土葬进行稳定同位素研究。
DOI:
10.1002/ajpa.22892
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发表时间:
2016
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
K. Alt
中科院分区:
文献类型:
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作者:
C. Knipper;Matthias Fragata;N. Nicklisch;A. Siebert;Anna Szécsényi;Vera Hubensack;C. Metzner;H. Meller;K. Alt
OBJECTIVES
Inhumations in so-called settlement pits and multiple interments are subordinate burial practices of the Early Bronze Age Únětice culture in central Germany (2200-1700/1650 BC). The majority of the Únětice population was entombed as single inhumations in rectangular grave pits with a normative position of the body. The goal of the study was to test archaeological hypotheses that the deviant burials may represent socially distinct or nonlocal individuals.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
The study comprised up to two teeth and one bone each of 74 human individuals from eight sites and faunal comparative samples. The inhumations included regular, deviant burials in so-called settlement or storage pits, and multiple burials. We investigated radiogenic strontium isotope compositions of tooth enamel ((87) Sr/(86) Sr) and light stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen of bone collagen (δ(13) C, δ(15) N) aiming at the disclosure of residential changes and dietary patterns.
RESULTS
Site-specific strontium isotope data ranges mirror different geological properties including calcareous bedrock, loess, and glacial till. Independent from burial types, they disclose low portions of nonlocal individuals of up to some 20% at the individual sites. The light stable isotope ratios of burials in settlement pits and rectangular graves overlap widely and indicate highly similar dietary habits.
DISCUSSION
The analytical results let to conclude that inhumations in settlement pits and multiple burials were two of the manifold burial practices of the Early Bronze Age. The selection criteria of the individuals for the different forms of inhumation remained undisclosed.
影响因子:
2.8
作者:
Vicky M. Oelze;A. Siebert;N. Nicklisch;H. Meller;Veit Dresely;K. Alt
通讯作者:
Vicky M. Oelze;A. Siebert;N. Nicklisch;H. Meller;Veit Dresely;K. Alt
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Evans, J. A.;Chenery, C. A.;Montgomery, J.
通讯作者:
Montgomery, J.
DOI:
10.5871/bacad/9780197265758.003.0006
发表时间:
2014
期刊:
影响因子:
--
作者:
G. Brandt;C. Knipper;N. Nicklisch;A. Siebert;R. Ganslmeier;H. Meller;K. W. Alt
通讯作者:
K. W. Alt