The individual of the early Neolithic of Balsignano (Bari, Italy): a study of some skeletal indicators of stress and palaeonutritional analysis

Scattarella, V.; Saponetti, Sandro Sublimi; Laraspata, L.; Bartoli, Fulvio; Bertoldi, Francesca

doi:10.1007/bf02436367

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“…In this study strontium average values were higher than zinc ones: for what concerns Neolithic, it is archaeologically well known that nutrition was generally based mostly on the consumption of vegetables [26]. In particular in Northern…”

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confidence: 49%

“…Calcium concentration values were then used to normalize the data obtained from ICP-MS analysis and the results are summarized in Table 7. Some authors established reference parameters for these ratios, that resulted compatible with those found in the literature [25,26]. Data were analysed by means of ANOVA and Principal Component Analysis.…”

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confidence: 73%

“…Calcium concentration was then used to normalize the metals' ones, based on the principle that, if diagenesis had occurred, it affected in the same way both calcium matrix and trace metals [25,26]. Moreover, calcium was used by some authors to define 'standard ratios' linked to the diet followed by ancient humans [7,25].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a multielemental approach, manganese and magnesium (abundant in vegetables) along with copper (meat-based diet indicator) are often also studied, even if they can be subjected to diagenesis [2,3,13,[22][23][24][25][26][27].…”

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On the use of trace elements in ancient necropolis studies: Overview and ICP-MS application to the case study of Valdaro site, Italy

Corti¹,

Rampazzi²,

Ravedoni³

et al. 2013

Microchemical Journal

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The cross-cutting study of archaeological human remains is an important tool for improving the knowledge of the past civilities. Bones are actually bio-archives, storing information about the lifestyles of the individuals, the place where they lived, the migration habits. In particular, some peculiar trace elements (such as strontium and zinc) are considered indicators of the so-called paleodiet, i.e. whether characterized by vegetables, cereals or meat. A complete overview of the concerning literature is the starting point of this work. A straightforward optimized methodology for the study of ancient bones is proposed coupling for the first time trace element determination by ICP-MS (Mg, Mn, Cu, Zn, Sr and Pb were investigated) and statistical data analysis. The protocol was applied to samples coming from a necropolis (dated from Neolithic to Bronze Age) found in Northern Italy including 'The Valdaro Lovers', a rare double burial where the two skeletons were facing each other with their arms wrapped around in an enduring embrace. Principal Component Analysis and Discriminant Analysis permitted to correctly classify individuals by the historical period in which they lived according to the archaeological and anthropological information. The results were compared with those found in the literature and a critical discussion on the use of trace metals in this case study is given.

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Section: Ic Calcium Analysismentioning

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Section: Ic Calcium Analysismentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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On the use of trace elements in ancient necropolis studies: Overview and ICP-MS application to the case study of Valdaro site, Italy

Corti¹,

Rampazzi²,

Ravedoni³

et al. 2013

Microchemical Journal

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“…The talar neck angles from some, but not all, modern and historic samples tend to be slightly smaller than those of the prehistoric samples, and consequently are more similar to the mean of the comparative sample used by Lordkipanidze et al (19.48; Table 1). One speculative explanation of these differences between prehistoric and historic/recent samples is that the wider talar neck angles among the prehistoric populations were the result of higher activity levels (Scattarella et al, 2002). Regardless, the neck angle of the Dmanisi talus falls comfortably within the range of variation of modern humans.…”

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The bipedalism of the Dmanisi hominins: Pigeon‐toed early Homo?

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Demes

Jungers

et al. 2008

American J Phys Anthropol

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In the recent description of the hominin postcranial material from Dmanisi, Georgia, Lordkipanidze and colleagues (Lordkipanidze et al. [2007] Nature 449: 305-310) claim that the Dmanisi hominins walked with more medially oriented feet than do modern humans. They draw this functional inference from two postcranial features: a wide talar neck angle and a slight medial torsion of the tibia. However, we believe that the data provided by the authors fail to support their conclusions. Talar neck angle and tibial torsion values from the Dmanisi specimens fall comfortably within the range of modern human variation. We further submit that foot orientation cannot be reliably deduced from the tibia and talus alone.

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