Iron Age pastoral nomadism and agriculture in the eastern Eurasian steppe: implications from dental palaeopathology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes
Iron Age pastoral nomadism and agriculture in the eastern Eurasian steppe: implications from dental palaeopathology and stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jas.2012.09.038
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发表时间：
2013-05
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2.8
通讯作者：
E. Murphy;R. Schulting;Nicholas Beer;Yuri Chistov;A. Kasparov;Margarita Pshenitsyna
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作者：
E. Murphy;R. Schulting;Nicholas Beer;Yuri Chistov;A. Kasparov;Margarita Pshenitsyna
欧亚东部大草原的铁器时代社会传统上被视为游牧民族。然而，最近在哈萨克斯坦进行的考古和人类学研究提醒我们，游牧经济可能非常复杂，并涉及农业。本文从西伯利亚南部的Ai-Dai和Aymyrlyg墓葬地探索了两个早期铁器时代人群的游牧经济性质。这些人口代表了斯基泰世界的两个文化群体——米努辛斯克盆地的塔加尔文化和图瓦的乌约克文化。牙齿古病理学和碳氮稳定同位素分析表明，驯化的谷物，特别是小米和鱼类是这两个群体饮食的主要组成部分。这些发现有助于描绘出东部草原铁器时代早期生存策略的细微差别。
Iron Age societies of the eastern Eurasian steppe are traditionally viewed as nomadic pastoralists. However, recent archaeological and anthropological research in Kazakhstan has reminded us that pastoralist economies can be highly complex and involve agriculture. This paper explores the nature of the pastoralist economies in two Early Iron Age populations from the burial grounds of Ai-Dai and Aymyrlyg in Southern Siberia. These populations represent two cultural groups of the Scythian World – the Tagar Culture of the Minusinsk Basin and the Uyuk Culture of Tuva. Analysis of dental palaeopathology and carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes suggests that domesticated cereals, particularly millet, and fish formed a major component of the diet of both groups. The findings contribute to the emerging picture of the nuances of Early Iron Age subsistence strategies on the eastern steppe.