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Isotopic insights into diet and health at the site of Namu, Taumako Island, Southeast Solomon Islands

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Author	Kinaston, Rebecca L. Buckley, Hallie R.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	A relatively new development to the milieu of archaeological techniques routinely used in the Pacific Island region, the stable isotope analysis of human skeletal and dental remains has provided important insights into diet, methods of subsistence and also intra-population variation in diet that may be related to age, sex or status. This study is a stable isotope analysis of one of the largest skeletal samples discovered in the Pacific Islands, from the Namu burial ground (ca. 700–300 bp) located on the small island of Taumako, Southeast Solomon Islands. Here, the stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen of bone collagen (n = 142, δ$^{13}$C$_{bone}$ and δ$^{15}$N$_{bone}$) and tooth dentine (n = 86, δ$^{13}$C$_{tooth}$ and δ$^{15}$N$_{tooth}$) are analysed to assess adult (survivor) and subadult (non-survivor) diets and patterns of breastfeeding, which also provided insight into possible maternal and foetal/perinatal stress in the population. The δ$^{13}$C$_{bone}$ and δ$^{15}$N$_{bone}$ results suggested that the adolescents and juveniles who died were eating foods from lower trophic levels than those who survived to adulthood, especially the males. The δ$^{13}$C$_{tooth}$ and δ$^{15}$N$_{tooth}$ stable isotope values suggested that, during the ages of 5–9 years, individuals were eating more terrestrial and less marine foods than later in life as adults. The sex differences in adult diet (δ$^{13}$C$_{bone}$ and δ$^{15}$N$_{bone}$ values) were not present as children (δ$^{13}$C$_{tooth}$ and δ$^{15}$N$_{tooth}$ values). The intra-population variation is discussed in the context of wider Pacific island diet and cultural processes and recent developments in understanding stress and disease processes on human stable isotope values.
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Journal	Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Volume Number	9
Issue Number	7
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Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2016-11-30
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
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Subject Keyword	Pacific islands Stable isotope analysis Palaeodiet Subadult diet Carbon Nitrogen Earth Sciences Archaeology Chemistry/Food Science Geography Life Sciences Anthropology
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Resource Type	Article
Subject	Archeology Archeology (arts and humanities) Anthropology

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