Reconstructing the Paleodiet of the Caddo through Stable Isotopes
Reconstructing the Paleodiet of the Caddo through Stable Isotopes
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通过稳定同位素重建卡多人的古饮食
作者：
Diane E. Wilson;T. Perttula
玉米农业通常被认为是了解和评价密西西比文化及相关文化的关键组成部分。越来越清楚的是，玉米农业的传播和强化与密西西比文化特征的传播以各种方式相关，而不是通过固定的轨迹。在这篇文章中，我们把重点放在卡多人身上，他们被认为比东部和东北部的其他类似密西西比的群体靠较少的玉米为生。稳定同位素分析的使用提供了一种比较各种密西西比相关文化中玉米消费量的直接手段。我们综合了卡多稳定同位素研究的结果，将卡多玉米农业集约化过程与其他具有密西西比特征的考古文化进行了比较。我们发现，在整个史前序列中，卡多人消耗的玉米比他们的邻居要少。
Abstract Maize agriculture is often regarded as a key component in understanding and evaluating the Mississippian culture and related cultures. It is becoming clear that the spread and intensification of maize agriculture relates to the dissemination of Mississippian cultural traits in a variety of ways, rather than through a set trajectory. In this article, we focus on the Caddo, who have been postulated to have subsisted on smaller amounts of maize than other Mississippian-like groups to their east and northeast. The use of stable isotope analysis provides a direct means of comparing the amounts of maize consumed among various Mississippian-related cultures. We synthesize the results of Caddo stable isotope studies to compare the process of maize agricultural intensification among the Caddo to other archaeological cultures that shared Mississippian traits. We find that the Caddo consumed less maize throughout the prehistoric sequence than their neighbors.