A Pilot Study of Trophic Level and Human Origins at the Xiaoshuangqiao Site, China(ca. 1400 BC) Using 8D Values of Collagen

作     者：WANG Ning LI Suting HU Yaowu SONG Guoding 

作者机构：School of History Culture and Tourism Jiangsu Normal University Xuzhou 221116 China Key Laboratory of Vertebrate Evolution and Human Origins of Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100044 China Henan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology Zhengzhou 450000 China Department of archaeology and anthropology University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100049 China 

出 版 物：《Acta Geologica Sinica(English Edition)》 (地质学报（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2017年第91卷第5期

页      面：1884-1892页

核心收录：

学科分类：06[历史学] 060305[历史学-专门史与整体史] 0709[理学-地质学] 0819[工学-矿业工程] 0818[工学-地质资源与地质工程] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 0603[历史学-世界史] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.41603009) MOE(Ministry of Education in China) Project of Humanities and Social Sciences(No.16YJCZH100) Origin of Chinese Civilisation and Mount Songshan Civilisation Zhengzhou Research Association(No.Q2015-1) Humanities and Social Science Research Foundation of Jiangsu Normal University(No.15XWR025) 

主　　题：Hydrogen stable isotope ratios trophic level migration collagen Xiaoshuangqiao site 

摘      要：We present here a pilot study to examine trophic level effects and migration patterns at the middle Shang Dynasty site of Xiaoshuangqiao in Henan Province using δD results combined with δ^13C and δ^15N values. A total of 33 specimens（17 humans, 7 cattle, 5 pigs, 3 sheep, 1 dog） of bone collagen were isotopically analyzed for δ^13C, δ^15N, and dD values. A strong positive correlation（R^2 = 0.94）between mean δ^15N and δD values of herbivores（cattle and sheep）, omnivores（pig）, carnivores（dog）and humans was observed. The δD results were found to increase by -10‰ to 20‰ from herbivores to omnivores to carnivorous, evidence that collagen δD results are a useful indicator for the study of trophic levels and dietary patterns at archaeological sites. The δD results were also used to examine the origins of two different groups of individuals buried at Xiaoshuangqiao. Individuals buried in sacrificial pits of district V had mean δD values（-47.0 ± 2.9‰, n = 11） that were significantly（p =0.049） elevated compared to the people buried in the stratigraphy of district IX（-51.3 ± 3.3‰, n = 3）,indicating that they were ingesting water from different locations. In addition, the D values of the people buried in the stratigraphy were similar to the pigs（-54.5 ± 4.2‰, n = 5） at Xiaoshuangqiao,suggesting that they were most probably of the local population, and that the individuals buried in the sacrificial pits were most possibly from the coast and prisoners of the Dongyi（“东夷）people. Thus,δD results have the potential to examine human origins and migration patterns and should be increasingly used in conjunction with δ^13C and δ^15N values at archaeological sites.