Multi-isotope evidence for the emergence of cultural alterity in Late Neolithic Europe.

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      Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101653440 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2375-2548 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 23752548 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Sci Adv Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Original Publication: Washington, DC : American Association for the Advancement of Science, [2015]-
    • Subject Terms:
      Anthropology, Cultural* ; Culture* ; Isotopes* ; Social Sciences*; Carbon Isotopes/analysis ; Caves ; Environment ; Europe ; Humans ; Nitrogen Isotopes/analysis ; Plants
    • Abstract:
      The coexistence of cultural identities and their interaction is a fundamental topic of social sciences that is not easily addressed in prehistory. Differences in mortuary treatment can help approach this issue. Here, we present a multi-isotope study to track both diet and mobility through the life histories of 32 broadly coeval Late Neolithic individuals interred in caves and in megalithic graves of a restricted region of northern Iberia. The results show significant differences in infant- and child-rearing practices, in subsistence strategies, and in landscape use between burial locations. From this, we posit that the presence of communities with distinct lifestyles and cultural backgrounds is a primary reason for Late Neolithic variability in burial location in Western Europe and provides evidence of an early "them and us" scenario. We argue that this differentiation could have played a role in the building of lasting structures of socioeconomic inequality and, occasionally, violent conflict.
      (Copyright © 2020 The Authors, some rights reserved; exclusive licensee American Association for the Advancement of Science. No claim to original U.S. Government Works. Distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial License 4.0 (CC BY-NC).)
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    • Accession Number:
      0 (Carbon Isotopes)
      0 (Isotopes)
      0 (Nitrogen Isotopes)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20200204 Date Completed: 20200923 Latest Revision: 20200923
    • Publication Date:
      20240628
    • Accession Number:
      PMC6976287
    • Accession Number:
      10.1126/sciadv.aay2169
    • Accession Number:
      32010785