Climate information from C, N and O stable isotope analyses of mammoth bones from northern Siberia

Iacumin, Paola; Matteo, Antonietta Di; Николаев, В. И.; Кузнецова, Т. В.

doi:10.1016/j.quaint.2009.10.009

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“…Ayliffe et al, 1992;Genoni et al, 1998;Ukkonen et al, 2007;Tütken et al, 2007;Iacumin et al, 2010;Arppe and Karhu, 2010;Skrzypek et al 2011). Working within this context, this study aims to reconstruct the climatic background at Kraków Spadzista Street (B) through oxygen isotopic analysis of mammoth tooth remains found at the site, and relate the results to the question of human occupation of the northern Plains and the D-O cycles.…”

Section: Amh Occupation Sites Across the North European Plains And Armentioning

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Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Pryor¹,

O’Connell²,

Wojtal³

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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Between 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, which may have made areas of northern Europe more attractive for occupation by early modern humans at certain times than at others. This paper investigates when humans were occupying northern Europe in relation to these climatic changes at the archaeological site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), by applying oxygen isotope analysis of mammoth tooth enamel carbonates (δ18O and δ13C) found at the site. The new isotopic data suggest that mean annual temperatures at Kraków Spadzista were 4-9oC colder than present and, based on comparisons with previously published isotopic data for mammoth in Europe, we argue that the Kraków assemblage most likely formed during a cold Dansgaard-Oeschger event. This suggests modern humans were able to occupy and survive in this area of northern Europe during the harsh cold phases that affected Europe at this time. ABSTRACTBetween 50,000 and 20,000 years ago, Europe experienced a series of rapid climate change events known as the Dansgaard-Oeschger cycles, which may have made areas of northern Europe more attractive for occupation by early modern humans at certain times than at others. This paper investigates when humans were occupying northern Europe in relation to these climatic changes at the archaeological site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), by applying oxygen isotope analysis of mammoth tooth enamel carbonates (δ 18 O and δ 13 C) found at the site. The new isotopic data suggest that mean annual temperatures at Kraków Spadzista were 4-9 o C colder than present and, based on comparisons with previously published isotopic data for mammoth in Europe, we argue that the Kraków assemblage most likely formed during a cold DansgaardOeschger event. This suggests modern humans were able to occupy and survive in this area of northern Europe during the harsh cold phases that affected Europe at this time.

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Section: Amh Occupation Sites Across the North European Plains And Armentioning

confidence: 99%

Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Pryor¹,

O’Connell²,

Wojtal³

et al. 2013

Quaternary International

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“…Trends in mammoth δ 13 C coll are similar across their range during the late Wisconsin. Siberian and European mammoths exhibit a similar range of δ 13 C coll values (Iacumin et al 2010;Szpak et al 2010;Arppe et al 2019;Schwartz-Narbonne et al 2019).…”

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“…This longevity is both a benefit and a challenge to studies of proboscidean paleoecology. Iacumin et al 2010;Szpak et al 2010;Bocherens et al 1996 Some approaches offer relatively high-resolution pictures of animal ecology at a scale that is of a short duration (days). Micro-wear analyses of dentin and enamel (Green, DeSantis, and Smith 2017;Smith and DeSantis 2018) are increasingly sophisticated, and have the potential to track short-term dietary trends.…”

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“…Stable isotope studies are an important part of the paleoecological toolkit for understanding Quaternary proboscideans. Progressively larger, more complete datasets characterize isotopic studies of Beringean mammoths, where stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in bone collagen and tooth enamel reliably track climate and landscape changes over the last glacial period (Iacumin et al 2010;Bocherens et al 1996;Szpak et al 2010;Arppe et al 2019), the place of mammoths in regional food webs (K. Fox-Dobbs et al 2007;Kena Fox-Dobbs, Leonard, and Koch 2008), and characteristics of animal growth and maturation (Metcalfe and Longstaffe 2012;El Adli et al 2017;Rountrey et al 2012).…”

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Life histories and niche dynamics in late Quaternary proboscideans from Midwestern North America: evidence from stable isotope analyses

Widga

Hodgins

Kolis

et al. 2020

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Stable isotopes of mammoths and mastodons have the potential to illuminate patterns in late Glacial landscapes and megafaunal population dynamics as these species approached extinction. The ecological factors at play in this extinction remain unresolved. Stable isotopes of bone collagen (δ 13 C, δ 15 N) and tooth enamel carbonate (δ 13 C, δ 18 O, 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) in late Glacial proboscideans from the Midwest, USA are leveraged to examine ecological and behavioral changes in these species during the last glaciation. Mammoth and mastodon δ 13 C values suggest they are flexible mixed feeders with significant C3 contributions to their diets. Bone collagen δ 15 N is also highly variable throughout this period. However some mastodons exhibit low δ 15 N values during the B lling-Aller d. These low values could be explained by invoking changes in individual life histories (i.e., age at weaning), the expansion of available ecological niches, or both, metabolic compensation, or a mixture of these processes. Serial enamel samples show large differences between interglacial, mid-Wisconsin, and late Glacial mammoth oxygen isotope values. Finally, a new micro-milling approach to sampling mammoth tooth enamel is used to examine the life histories of two Missouri mammoths to provide nuanced, seasonally-resolved paleoecological information.

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“…Despite the fact that the fossil remains of the large mammals are widespread in Pleistocene deposits throughout central and northeast Eurasia, isotope studies of bones and teeth found in these regions are rare in the literature. Most studies based on stable oxygen isotopes in bone and bulk enamel samples have been undertook across the arctic coasts of Siberia and western Beringia (Genoni et al, 1998;Tütken et al, 2002;Fox et al, 2007;Iacumin et al, 2010), and central Eurasia, Western Siberia and the Urals (Genoni et al, 1998;Velivetskaya et al, 2011) to reconstruct regional paleoclimate.…”

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Resolution-enhanced stable isotope profiles within the complete tooth rows of Late Pleistocene bisons (Middle Urals, Russia) as a record of their individual development and environmental changes

Velivetskaya

Смирнов

Kiyashko

et al. 2016

Quaternary International

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Climate information from C, N and O stable isotope analyses of mammoth bones from northern Siberia

Cited by 33 publications

References 47 publications

Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Investigating climate at the Upper Palaeolithic site of Kraków Spadzista Street (B), Poland, using oxygen isotopes

Life histories and niche dynamics in late Quaternary proboscideans from Midwestern North America: evidence from stable isotope analyses

Resolution-enhanced stable isotope profiles within the complete tooth rows of Late Pleistocene bisons (Middle Urals, Russia) as a record of their individual development and environmental changes

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