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Much ado about nothing : Assessing the impact of the 4.2 kya event on human subsistence patterns in northern Mesopotamia using stable isotope analysis

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SOŁTYSIAK Arkadiusz NEVES FERNANDES Luis Ricardo

Rok publikování 2021
Druh Článek v odborném periodiku
Časopis / Zdroj Antiquity
Fakulta / Pracoviště MU

Filozofická fakulta

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Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2021.117
Klíčová slova Syria; Khabur Basin; stable isotopes; subsistence; drought; sustainability
Popis The effects of the 4.2 kya climatic event on northern Mesopotamia have been the subject of significant scholarly debate, with the notion of a megadrought that forced local populations to migrate attracting particular attention. Here, the authors analyse stable carbon (?13C) and nitrogen (?15N) isotopes in human tooth and bone samples to assess trends in subsistence practice at three sites in Syria before, during and after the presumed megadrought event. Despite the proximity of the sites, isotopic differences between them are more significant than diachronic change. Combined with other archaeological evidence, these results indicate a continuity in subsistence patterns, with no indication of disruption associated with the 4.2 kya event.

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