STRUCTURE OF PALEODIETS OF ANDRONOVO CULTURE POPULATION IN ALTAI BY THE DATA OF ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS (preliminary results)
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https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2020)2(30).-05Keywords:
Altai, Andronovo Culture, palaeodiet, agriculture, stable isotope analysis, burial ground Firsovo-XIVAbstract
The paper discusses palaeodietary reconstruction of the Andronovo Culture population in Altai based on stable isotope study of animal and human bones from the burial ground of Firsovo-XIV. Most researchers consider the economy of the Andronovo Culture as pastoral. To assess this assumption, we analysed 20 samples from Firsovo-XIV. The results of stable isotope analysis reflect a typical picture for the Bronze Age Andronovo population of Western and Southern Siberia. Human nitrogen isotope levels ndicate a systematic consumption of meat, and fairly low carbon isotope ratios – the absence of grain cultivation (in particular, millet). The isotopic values of this group of people are closely clustered together, which indicates the lack of major dietary variations within this society. Comparison of the data with the results for the Andronovo people of the Minusinsk Basin and Upper Ob River region shows the similarity of the diet for these groups, which included a large amount of animal protein.
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STRUCTURE OF PALEODIETS OF ANDRONOVO CULTURE POPULATION IN ALTAI BY THE DATA OF ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS (preliminary results). (2020). THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH, 30(2), 71-76. https://doi.org/10.14258/tpai(2020)2(30).-05
