Naslov
Stable isotope palaeodietary and radiocarbon evidence from the early Neolithic site of Zemunica, Dalmatia, Croatia

Autori
Guiry, Eric ; Karavanić, Ivor ; Šošić Klindžić, Rajna ; Talamo, Sahra ; Radović, Siniša ; Richards, Michael P.

Izvornik
European journal of archaeology (1461-9571) 20 (2017), 2; 235-256

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
Neolithic ; agriculture ; stable isotopes ; Croatia ; Adriatic Sea ; radiocarbon

Sažetak
The Adriatic Sea and Balkan Peninsula were an important corridor for the spread of agriculture northwards and westwards from the Near East into Europe. Therefore, the pace and nature of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition along the Adriatic coastline has important implications for the movement of new peoples and/or ideas during one of the most eventful periods in European prehistory. We present new Early Neolithic radiocarbon and stable isotope evidence from humans and animals from the Zemunica cave site in Dalmatia, Croatia. The results show that these humans date to the earliest Neolithic in the region, and they have completely terrestrial diets, where the main protein source was most likely to have come from domesticated animals. Data are then compared to previous isotope and archaeological evidence to explore models for the spread of agriculture along the eastern Adriatic coast.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Arheologija

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