Multi-isotope analysis reveals that feasts in the Stonehenge environs and across Wessex drew people and animals from throughout Britain.
Animals
Archaeology
/ methods
Carbon Isotopes
/ analysis
Female
History, Ancient
Holidays
/ history
Human Migration
/ history
Humans
Male
Mandible
/ chemistry
Meat
/ history
Nitrogen Isotopes
/ analysis
Oxygen Isotopes
/ analysis
Radiometric Dating
/ methods
Strontium Isotopes
/ analysis
Sulfur Isotopes
/ analysis
Swine
Transportation
/ history
United Kingdom
Journal
Science advances
ISSN: 2375-2548
Titre abrégé: Sci Adv
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101653440
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 2019
03 2019
Historique:
received:
27
06
2018
accepted:
29
01
2019
entrez:
21
3
2019
pubmed:
21
3
2019
medline:
25
4
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
The great henge complexes of southern Britain are iconic monuments of the third millennium BCE, representing great feats of engineering and labor mobilization that hosted feasting events on a previously unparalleled scale. The scale of movement and the catchments that the complexes served, however, have thus far eluded understanding. Presenting the largest five-isotope system archeological dataset (
Identifiants
pubmed: 30891495
doi: 10.1126/sciadv.aau6078
pii: aau6078
pmc: PMC6415963
doi:
Substances chimiques
Carbon Isotopes
0
Nitrogen Isotopes
0
Oxygen Isotopes
0
Strontium Isotopes
0
Sulfur Isotopes
0
Types de publication
Historical Article
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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