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Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria: An Interpretation of Stable Isotope Values of Faunal Bone Collagen

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

J van der Plicht ,
P M M G Akkermans ,
H Buitenhuis ,
A Kaneda ,
O Nieuwenhuyse  and
A Russell
J van der Plicht*
Affiliation:
Center for Isotope Research, Groningen University, Groningen, the Netherlands Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
P M M G Akkermans
Affiliation:
Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
H Buitenhuis
Affiliation:
Archaeological Research and Consultancy, Groningen, the Netherlands
A Kaneda
Affiliation:
Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
O Nieuwenhuyse
Affiliation:
Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
A Russell
Affiliation:
Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
*
Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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At Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria, radiocarbon dating previously provided a robust chronology for the 7th–early 6th millennium BC, the Late Neolithic. The continuous inhabitation spans the 8.2 ka climate event. This chronology has been used here in a study of stable isotope (13C and 15N) data of animal bones. This is the first isotope study undertaken on material from this area. The results are used to explore diet and therefore animal management practices through the period ∼6800–5800 BC. A climatic signal could not be detected in the bone samples.

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Radiocarbon , Volume 54 , Issue 3-4 , 2012 , pp. 281 - 289
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Copyright © 2012 by the Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of the University of Arizona 

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