The New Kingdom Population on Sai Island: Application of Sr Isotopes to Investigate Cultural Entanglement in Ancient Nubia
The New Kingdom Population on Sai Island: Application of Sr Isotopes to Investigate Cultural Entanglement in Ancient Nubia
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赛岛上的新王国人口：应用锶同位素调查古代努比亚的文化纠葛
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2020
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T. Prohaska
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A. Retzmann;Julia Budka;H. Sattmann;J. Irrgeher;T. Prohaska
锶同位素被应用于确定可能的外来骨骼遗骸从墓26号法老墓地SAC 5赛岛（努比亚）。9个人的牙釉质，包括金匠Khummose和他假定的“妻子”，从新王国的日期，进行了调查，以获得信息，这些人是否是第一代移民从埃及（=外来）或当地居民居住在塞岛地区（=土生土长）。假设外来和本地的解释是基于比较的锶的人牙釉质假设本地的锶同位素组成。新王国时期赛岛上的本地Sr信号来自考古动物样本（啮齿动物、绵羊/山羊、狗和新王国时期的当地软体动物外壳）与当地环境样本（新王国时期的古沉积物和尼罗河水的文献Sr同位素值）。由于所有调查的个体的釉质中的Sr值位于新王国时期赛岛上确定的本地Sr范围内，因此所有个体都被归类为赛岛上当地人口的假定成员。Sr、V、Mn和U的质量分数升高表明人类初级牙本质的死后改变程度很高。因此，一个数学方法进行了测试，以纠正在人类原生牙本质的成岩蚀变考虑成岩Sr的比例和Sr同位素组成的存储库材料的Sr同位素比。与26号墓的墓葬相关的丰富的丧葬设备允许Khnummose家庭成员的约会，并说明他们属于赛岛的埃及精英，就他们的文化身份而言。结合锶同位素分析，26号墓提供了新的信息，说明了新王国时期埃及人和努比亚人在塞岛上复杂的共存和生物与文化的纠缠。
Sr isotopes were applied to identify possible allochthony of skeletal remains retrieved from Tomb 26 of the pharaonic cemetery SAC5 on Sai Island (Nubia). Tooth enamel of nine individuals, including the Overseer of Goldsmiths Khummose and his presumed ‘wife’, dating from the New Kingdom, were investigated to gain information whether these individuals were first generation immigrants from Egypt (= allochthonous) or members of the local population inhabiting the area of Sai Island (= autochthonous). The interpretation of supposed allochthony and autochthony was based on the comparison of the Sr of human enamel to an assumed autochthonous Sr isotopic composition. The autochthonous Sr signal on Sai Island during the New Kingdom was derived from archaeological animal samples (rodent, sheep/goat, dog and local mollusc shells dating from the New Kingdom) in combination with local environmental samples (paleo sediments dating from the New Kingdom and literature Sr isotope value of Nile River water for the New Kingdom era). As the Sr values in enamel of all individuals investigated lay within the determined autochthonous Sr range on Sai Island during the New Kingdom, all individuals were classified as supposed members of the local population on Sai Island. Elevated Sr, V, Mn and U mass fractions indicated a high degree of post-mortem alterations of human primary dentine. Hence, a mathematical approach was tested in order to correct the Sr isotope ratios in human primary dentine for diagenetic alteration considering a diagenetic Sr proportion and the Sr isotopic composition of the repository material. The rich funerary equipment associated with the burials in Tomb 26 allowed a dating of the family members of Khnummose and illustrated that they belonged to the Egyptian elite on Sai Island as far as their cultural identity is concerned. In combination with the Sr isotopic analysis, Tomb 26 provided fresh information on the complex coexistence and biological and cultural entanglement of Egyptians and Nubians on Sai Island during the New Kingdom.