Collagen stable isotopes provide insights into the end of the mammoth steppe in the central East European plains during the Epigravettian

Drucker, Dorothée G.; Stevens, Rhiannon E.; Germonpré, Mietje; Sablin, Mikhail; Péan, Stéphane; Bocherens, Hervé

doi:10.1017/qua.2018.40

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“…Several hypotheses have been proposed to explain this feature, including consumption of forage in arid microhabitats (Bocherens, 2003;Iacumin et al, 2000;Kuitems et al, 2012), consumption of plants fertilized with dung , and/or selection of specific plants or plant parts during forage (Kuitems et al, 2012;. Mammoth core niche overlaps with horse both preand post-LGM, suggesting that some horse also exploited this distinct niche, as has been previously observed in both the INF & pre-LGM and the post-LGM time bins (Drucker et al, 2015(Drucker et al, , 2018Schwartz-Narbonne et al, 2015).…”

Section: Pleistocene Herbivore Nichesmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Pires et al (2015) suggested a higher degree of functional redundancy on the Pleistocene mammoth steppe than in the modern African savannah network and Davis (2017) demonstrated that Pleistocene North America had more functional redundancy than present North America. Other studies have noted niche overlap and species dietary plasticity on the mammoth steppe based on isotopic analysis Bocherens et al, 2015;Drucker et al, 2015Drucker et al, , 2018Fox-Dobbs et al, 2008;Münzel et al, 2016;Schwartz-Narbonne et al, 2015) and tooth wear studies , albeit not describing this as functional redundancy. Pleistocene niche overlap also occurred outside the mammoth steppe (see Lanoë et al, 2017).…”

Section: Functional Redundancy and Resource Partitioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reframing the mammoth steppe: Insights from analysis of isotopic niches

Schwartz-Narbonne

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Kardynal

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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Section: Pleistocene Herbivore Nichesmentioning

confidence: 77%

Section: Functional Redundancy and Resource Partitioningmentioning

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Reframing the mammoth steppe: Insights from analysis of isotopic niches

Schwartz-Narbonne

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Kardynal

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Quaternary Science Reviews

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“…Bone collagen can also be analysed for its stable isotope compositions, which are powerful tools for investigating past ecology and terrestrial environments, and have been employed widely in Late Pleistocene archaeological research [35][36][37][38][39][40][41] . In this study we use carbon (δ 13 C), nitrogen (δ 15 N) and sulphur (δ 34 S) isotope ratios in reindeer bone collagen to examine paleoenvironmental conditions during the period of human activity at Kastelhöhle-Nord and Y-Höhle.…”

Section: Radiocarbon and Stable Isotope Analysesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Dietary δ 13 C values are also influenced by atmospheric CO 2 δ 13 C value and concentration, and by environmental parameters such as temperature, moisture availability and density of vegetation cover 35,[44][45][46] . Bone collagen δ 15 N values are linked to both dietary specialisation 41,47,48 and to environmental conditions [29][30][31][32] . Soil and plant δ 15 N values are influenced by climatic variables such as temperature and precipitation, mediated through soil processes 49,50 .…”

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Radiocarbon chronology and environmental context of Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in Switzerland

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Tripp

Charlton

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Associated time intervals range from c. 25,000 to 18,000 BP, but broadly centre upon 21,000 BP 10,11. Within Switzerland, the last glacial advanced occurred sometime after 30,000 BP 1. Local geomorphological evidence and speleothem δ 18 O minima suggest maximum ice extent may have been reached between 26,500 and 22,000 BP, while the onset of rapid ice decay started by c. 19,000 BP 1,2,12,13. Climate models and proxy data indicate a cold dry climate existed north of the Alps during this time period, while the formation of Alpine speleothems suggests warm air masses from the south delivered precipitation to the northern Alpine slopes 2,7,8. North of the mountains, continuous periglacial permafrost conditions existed, with tundra and steppe landscapes dominated by graminoid and forb vegetation 14,15. Nonetheless, the Alpine LGM was punctuated by sub-millennial climate fluctuations related to changing temperature and precipitation regimes, which influenced local environmental conditions and ice extent 2,16-18. Within Switzerland a positive excursion in speleothem δ 18 O occurred between 23,230 ± 37 BP and 22,759 ± 47 BP 2 , linked to changing precipitation patterns, and this appears to have coincided with a phase of recession in the Alpine ice sheet 18. The timings of these local environmental changes matches with the Greenland warm period of GI-2 (23,290 ± 596 BP to 22,850 ± 573 BP 9), within dating uncertainties. This suggests that the warming in Switzerland may have been associated with continental-scale processes. The Greenland record of GI-2 is interrupted by a brief climatic cooling lasting around 200 years (Greenland Stadial 2.2) and centring on approximately 23,100 BP 9. The expression of this event in the Swiss record is less clear but may occur between 22,971 ± 46 BP and 22,888 ± 50 BP 2. The link between GI-2 and human activity in Switzerland has previously been postulated 6. However, chronological resolution is currently poor and archaeological evidence is sparse. The dated cut-marked reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) bones from Kastelhöhle-Nord (n = 3) and Y-Höhle (n = 1) represent the only directly dateable archaeological evidence from this time period in Switzerland 5,6. Both cave sites are located within 10 km of one another, on the northeastern edge of the Jura Mountains, less than 50 km from the maximum ice sheet extent. Lithics found in association with the reindeer bones at Kastelhöhle-Nord have been attributed to the Badegoulian/Early Magdalenian 4,6 , a Late Upper Palaeolithic culture found in western-central Europe. In contrast, the cut-marked reindeer bone from Y-Höhle was found in a secondary context with no association to other archaeological remains 5. Lithics of Badegoulian character are also found in Germany (Wiesbaden-Igstadt, Rhineland, and Gera-Zoitzberg, Thuringia) 6,19 , while broadly contemporaneous evidence of human activity is also present in southern Germany (Mittlere Klause), and further east in Austria (Kammern-Grubgraben and Langmannersdorf), the Czech Republic (Stranska Skala IV) ...

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“…Faunal δ 34 S has typically been linked to animal mobility (Drucker et al 2012 , 2018 ; Jones et al 2018 ; Wißing et al 2019 ), as soil sulphur is primarily derived from mineral weathering of underlying lithology and is therefore spatially variable (Nehich 2015 ). However, soil δ 34 S can be strongly modified by changing bacterial reactions related to alterations in soil moisture content and oxygen status (Thode 1991 ; Mandernack et al 2000 ).…”

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Magdalenian and Epimagdalenian chronology and palaeoenvironments at Kůlna Cave, Moravia, Czech Republic

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Grimm

Tripp

et al. 2020

Archaeol Anthropol Sci

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Kůlna Cave is the only site in Moravia, Czech Republic, from which large assemblages of both Magdalenian and Epimagdalenian archaeological materials have been excavated from relatively secure stratified deposits. The site therefore offers the unrivalled opportunity to explore the relationship between these two archaeological phases. In this study, we undertake radiocarbon, stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen and sulphur), and ZooMS analysis of the archaeological faunal assemblage to explore the chronological and environmental context of the Magdalenian and Epimagdalenian deposits. Our results show that the Magdalenian and Epimagdalenian deposits can be understood as discrete units from one another, dating to the Late Glacial between c. 15,630 cal. BP and 14,610 cal. BP, and c. 14,140 cal. BP and 12,680 cal. BP, respectively. Stable isotope results (δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) indicate that Magdalenian and Epimagdalenian activity at Kůlna Cave occurred in very different environmental settings. Magdalenian occupation took place within a nutrient-poor landscape that was experiencing rapid changes to environmental moisture, potentially linked to permafrost thaw. In contrast, Epimagdalenian occupation occurred in a relatively stable, temperate environment composed of a mosaic of woodland and grassland habitats. The potential chronological gap between the two phases, and their associations with very different environmental conditions, calls into question whether the Epimagdalenian should be seen as a local, gradual development of the Magdalenian. It also raises the question of whether the gap in occupation at Kůlna Cave could represent a change in settlement dynamics and/or behavioural adaptations to changing environmental conditions.

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Collagen stable isotopes provide insights into the end of the mammoth steppe in the central East European plains during the Epigravettian

Cited by 27 publications

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Reframing the mammoth steppe: Insights from analysis of isotopic niches

Reframing the mammoth steppe: Insights from analysis of isotopic niches

Radiocarbon chronology and environmental context of Last Glacial Maximum human occupation in Switzerland

Magdalenian and Epimagdalenian chronology and palaeoenvironments at Kůlna Cave, Moravia, Czech Republic

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