Stable isotope evidence for dietary and cultural change over the Holocene at the Sabana de Bogotá region, Northern South America

Delgado, Miguel

doi:10.1007/s12520-016-0403-3

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“…For example, the inhabitants of Aguazuque could go to Magdalena River to obtain other resources. Such reasoning agrees with that of other authors (e.g., Cárdenas‐Arroyo, ; Correal & Van der Hammen, ; Delgado, ). On the other hand, Gnecco () and Nieuwenhuis () proposed that this type of evidence would indicate intergroup contacts and/or economical exchange networks.…”

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“…This evidence confirms the importance of plants in the human diet in the Sabana de Bogotá. These results coincide with the isotopic data of Delgado (), which shows a wide range of nitrogen that could indicate relatively diverse animal protein consumption in the mid‐Holocene. However, this pattern changed in the initial‐late Holocene, when the number of other species decreased and the number of deer and guinea pigs increased.…”

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“…However, this pattern changed in the initial‐late Holocene, when the number of other species decreased and the number of deer and guinea pigs increased. Delgado () also noted a change in the diet in the Sabana de Bogotá, when people consumed significantly more C4 plants and animal protein. Cárdenas‐Arroyo () also observed that the inhabitants of the initial‐late Holocene in Aguazuque demonstrated different behaviour, with a diet based primarily on C4 agricultural plants (probably including maize) and characterised by increased meat consumption.…”

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“…According to Gnecco (, 55) it is possible that in the Sabana de Bogotá, there was a management of plants and/or a horticulture system—with a presumable increase in animal biomass—at the time of the introduction of maize. Through the isotopic analysis of human remains, Delgado () observes (a) homogeneity of the C3 signal between 9,000 and ca. 4,500 cal BP, which could indicate an intensive use of locally available vegetal resources; and (b) the presence of C3, C3/C4, and C4 diets between ca.…”

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“…These results also agree with the data presented here. Several lines of evidence show that the inhabitants of Aguazuque did not focus their subsistence on the hunting of white‐tailed deer; their primary meat source was the guinea pig, and the consumption of plants was also very important (Cárdenas‐Arroyo, ; Correal, ; Delgado, ; Martínez‐Polanco, , , ; Martínez‐Polanco et al, , ). Delgado () warns that the C4 signal should not always be interpreted as the presence of maize, because other vegetables could have the same signal (i.e., manioc that depending on a range of issues could indicate C3 or C4).…”

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Beyond white‐tailed deer hunting in Aguazuque: Archaeofaunal data from an archaic site at Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

Martínez‐Polanco

2018

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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It is assumed that the hunter‐gatherers of the Sabana de Bogotá focused their subsistence strategies on white‐tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) hunting. The deer was their main prey because it was one of the largest animals in the area. However, there are differences between the early, middle, and late Holocene hunter‐gatherers in terms of their ways of life. The aim of this article is to contribute to a better understanding of animal resource exploitation and management particularly of white‐tailed deer using archaeofaunal remains from Aguazuque site at the Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia dated between 5,025 ± 40 BP (3,925–3,770 cal BP) and 2,725 ± 35 BP (900–825 cal BP). This is a key site for understanding social change in the middle and late Holocene at the Sabana de Bogotá. To describe the faunal set, two indexes were used: number of identified specimens and minimal number of individuals. Contra to models proposing the specialised hunting of big game for hunter‐gatherers in this region, the inhabitants of Aguazuque did not exclusively focus their diet on white‐tailed deer hunting; they used other animal species, such as guinea pigs, and plants played an important role in the human diet of Aguazuque.

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confidence: 93%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Beyond white‐tailed deer hunting in Aguazuque: Archaeofaunal data from an archaic site at Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

Martínez‐Polanco

2018

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Holocene population history of the Sabana de Bogotá region, Northern South America: An assessment of the craniofacial shape variation

Delgado

2016

American J Phys Anthropol

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Distinct to previous investigations the present study supports a more complex regional population history where multiple population contractions/extinctions, dispersals and assimilations along with dietary adaptations took place during the last 10,000 years. These results are in agreement with the archaeological and paleoecological record which suggests marked periods of change rather than temporal stability.

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Stable isotopes and paleodiet of the ancient inhabitants of Nueva Esperanza: A late Holocene site from Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia)

Rivas

Calderón

Marulanda-Guaneme

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Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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Stable isotope‐based dietary reconstructions of late Holocene agriculturalists from Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia) are limited to the late Muisca period. Accordingly, the dietary patterns and feeding behaviors of people living during the Herrera and Early Muisca periods remain largely unknown. This study aims to present new stable isotope data to discuss the dietary patterns of agriculturalists inhabiting Nueva Esperanza (Sabana de Bogota) during the last 2300 years B.P. In addition, we present the radiocarbon chronology of the site to assess dietary change during the site occupation phases. Data for δ13Ccol and δ15Ncol were obtained from bone/dentine collagen and dental calculus from humans (n = 71) and faunal (n = 20) skeletal remains. The local isotopic ecology was investigated, and the human data were assessed by age, sex, and time period. Humans presented mostly mixed diets with a predominance of maize, supplemented by C3 resources (plants and animals), although some individuals exhibited distinct trends across the C3–C4 range. According to isotopic ecology and other lines of archaeological evidence, maize and C3 resources (plants and animals) mostly contributed to the human diets, whereas C4‐feeding animals were less important resources. Bone/dentine collagen and calculus isotope data revealed only minor differences among age groups, sexes, and periods suggesting relatively homogeneous diets at the NE society throughout the late Holocene. Likewise, both kinds of isotopic data display distinct dietary trends suggesting the effect of postmortem processes in the isotopic composition of dental calculus. The isotopic evidence for the NE site suggests similar diachronic trajectories of dietary specializations at the regional level and minor differences regarding maize incorporation into the diet and its standardized use and consumption. These results suggest at the regional level similar patterns of dietary change at the Sabana de Bogotá during the late Holocene.

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Stable isotope evidence for dietary and cultural change over the Holocene at the Sabana de Bogotá region, Northern South America

Cited by 16 publications

References 32 publications

Beyond white‐tailed deer hunting in Aguazuque: Archaeofaunal data from an archaic site at Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

Beyond white‐tailed deer hunting in Aguazuque: Archaeofaunal data from an archaic site at Sabana de Bogotá, Colombia

Holocene population history of the Sabana de Bogotá region, Northern South America: An assessment of the craniofacial shape variation

Stable isotopes and paleodiet of the ancient inhabitants of Nueva Esperanza: A late Holocene site from Sabana de Bogotá (Colombia)

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