Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis
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Jovanović, JelenaPower, Robert C.
de Becdelievre, Camille
Goude, Gwenaelle
Stefanović, Sofija
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Research increasingly suggests that natural and social environments shaped the Neolithic expansion of the farming niche into Europe. The Danube Gorges, on account of its position between the Mediterranean and more temperate regions and the presence of archaeological sites with continuous Mesolithic and Neolithic layers of occupation associated with vast burial grounds is ideal for studying the modality of Neolithization. Previous dietary stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen, and sulphur) studies in the Central Balkan area indicate that many Neolithic humans remained reliant on foraged aquatic resources in the Gorges. Until now, there is no unambiguous evidence of cereal consumption in this region. The possibility that the rich aquatic resources of the Danube river habitats within Central Balkans influenced diet and thus delayed uptake of Neolithic cultigens is unanswered. The extensive skeletal record from sites in the Danube Gorges (Central Balkans) with its long temporal sequence, provid...es the opportunity to reconstruct plant use during Mesolithic and the Neolithic. To assess when cereals and possibly cultivated plants spread to the region, we analysed the microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) entrapped in the dental calculus of 81 individuals dating from 9100 to 5500 cal BC, recovered from five sites in the Danube Gorges. This study marks the largest study of dental calculus from this period so far conducted. Added to this, we present new radiocarbon dates (n = 17), bone collagen stable isotope data (delta C-13 and delta N-15; n = 5) and data on caries frequency. This dietary study identifies that the growing of crops commenced in the Early Neolithic circa 6000 cal BC and was brought by farming migrants of north-western Anatolian ancestry into the Danube Gorges. Despite bringing a Neolithic agm-pastoral subsistence practices and cultural novelties in the Gorges, these migrants and their descendants adopted some of the local dietary and cultural traditions, suggesting a mosaic pattern of Neolithization. The resulting data provides a better understanding of the tempo and spread of cereal agriculture practices and the role of cereals in the diet of Danube Gorges inhabitants.
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Mesolithic-Neolithic transition / Diet / Dental calculus analyses / Danube Gorges / CerealsIzvor:
Journal of Archaeological Science, 2021, 125Izdavač:
- Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London
Finansiranje / projekti:
- Births, mothers and babies: prehistoric fertility in the Balkans between 10000-5000 BC (EU-H2020-640557)
- Max Planck Society Foundation CELLEX
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288
ISSN: 0305-4403
WoS: 000608760600003
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85096977707
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Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Jovanović, Jelena AU - Power, Robert C. AU - de Becdelievre, Camille AU - Goude, Gwenaelle AU - Stefanović, Sofija PY - 2021 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/3307 AB - Research increasingly suggests that natural and social environments shaped the Neolithic expansion of the farming niche into Europe. The Danube Gorges, on account of its position between the Mediterranean and more temperate regions and the presence of archaeological sites with continuous Mesolithic and Neolithic layers of occupation associated with vast burial grounds is ideal for studying the modality of Neolithization. Previous dietary stable isotope (carbon, nitrogen, and sulphur) studies in the Central Balkan area indicate that many Neolithic humans remained reliant on foraged aquatic resources in the Gorges. Until now, there is no unambiguous evidence of cereal consumption in this region. The possibility that the rich aquatic resources of the Danube river habitats within Central Balkans influenced diet and thus delayed uptake of Neolithic cultigens is unanswered. The extensive skeletal record from sites in the Danube Gorges (Central Balkans) with its long temporal sequence, provides the opportunity to reconstruct plant use during Mesolithic and the Neolithic. To assess when cereals and possibly cultivated plants spread to the region, we analysed the microbotanical remains (starch grains and phytoliths) entrapped in the dental calculus of 81 individuals dating from 9100 to 5500 cal BC, recovered from five sites in the Danube Gorges. This study marks the largest study of dental calculus from this period so far conducted. Added to this, we present new radiocarbon dates (n = 17), bone collagen stable isotope data (delta C-13 and delta N-15; n = 5) and data on caries frequency. This dietary study identifies that the growing of crops commenced in the Early Neolithic circa 6000 cal BC and was brought by farming migrants of north-western Anatolian ancestry into the Danube Gorges. Despite bringing a Neolithic agm-pastoral subsistence practices and cultural novelties in the Gorges, these migrants and their descendants adopted some of the local dietary and cultural traditions, suggesting a mosaic pattern of Neolithization. The resulting data provides a better understanding of the tempo and spread of cereal agriculture practices and the role of cereals in the diet of Danube Gorges inhabitants. PB - Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London T2 - Journal of Archaeological Science T1 - Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis VL - 125 DO - 10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288 ER -
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Jovanović, J., Power, R. C., de Becdelievre, C., Goude, G.,& Stefanović, S.. (2021). Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis. in Journal of Archaeological Science Academic Press Ltd- Elsevier Science Ltd, London., 125. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288
Jovanović J, Power RC, de Becdelievre C, Goude G, Stefanović S. Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis. in Journal of Archaeological Science. 2021;125. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288 .
Jovanović, Jelena, Power, Robert C., de Becdelievre, Camille, Goude, Gwenaelle, Stefanović, Sofija, "Microbotanical evidence for the spread of cereal use during the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in the Southeastern Europe (Danube Gorges): Data from dental calculus analysis" in Journal of Archaeological Science, 125 (2021), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2020.105288 . .