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Animal Management at the Ancient Metropolis of Teotihuacan, Mexico: Stable Isotope Analysis of Leporid (Cottontail and Jackrabbit) Bone Mineral

Somerville, Andrew D ; Sugiyama, Nawa ; Manzanilla, Linda R ; Schoeninger, Margaret J Caramelli, David

PloS one, 2016-08, Vol.11 (8), p.e0159982-e0159982 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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Animal Management at the Ancient Metropolis of Teotihuacan, Mexico: Stable Isotope Analysis of Leporid (Cottontail and Jackrabbit) Bone Mineral
Autor: Somerville, Andrew D ; Sugiyama, Nawa ; Manzanilla, Linda R ; Schoeninger, Margaret J
Caramelli, David
Assuntos: Animal culture ; Animal husbandry ; Animal Husbandry - methods ; Animals ; Archaeology ; Archaeology - methods ; Biology and Life Sciences ; Bone and Bones - chemistry ; Bones ; Breeding ; Carbon ; Carbon Isotopes - analysis ; Corn ; Dermatemys mawii ; Diet ; Domestication ; Earth Sciences ; Ecological effects ; Ecology ; Food ; Food consumption ; Food production ; Hispanic people ; History ; History, Ancient ; Humans ; Isotopes ; Medicine and Health Sciences ; Mexico ; Oxygen Isotopes - analysis ; Physical Sciences ; Provisioning ; Rabbits ; Relative humidity ; Research and Analysis Methods ; Social Sciences ; Studies ; Zea mays
É parte de: PloS one, 2016-08, Vol.11 (8), p.e0159982-e0159982
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Conceived and designed the experiments: ADS NS.Performed the experiments: ADS.Analyzed the data: ADS.Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJS LRM.Wrote the paper: ADS.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Descrição: Human-animal interactions have played crucial roles in the development of complex societies across the globe. This study examines the human-leporid (cottontail and jackrabbit) relationship at the pre-Hispanic (AD 1-550) city of Teotihuacan in the Basin of Mexico and tests the hypothesis that leporids were managed or bred for food and secondary products within the urban core. We use stable isotope analysis (δ13Capatite and δ18Oapatite) of 134 leporid specimens from five archaeological contexts within the city and 13 modern specimens from across central Mexico to quantify aspects of leporid diet and ecology. The results demonstrate that leporids from Oztoyahualco, a residential complex associated with a unique rabbit sculpture and archaeological traces of animal butchering, exhibit the highest δ13Capatite values of the sample. These results imply greater consumption of human-cultivated foods, such as maize (Zea mays), by cottontails and jackrabbits at this complex and suggest practices of human provisioning. A lack of significant differences in δ18Oapatite values between ancient and modern leporids and between Oztoyahualco and other locations within Teotihuacan indicates generally similar relative humidity from sampled contexts. Results of this study support the notion that residents provisioned, managed, or bred leporids during the height of the city, and provide new evidence for mammalian animal husbandry in the ancient New World.
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Animal Management at the Ancient Metropolis of Teotihuacan, Mexico: Stable Isotope Analysis of Leporid (Cottontail and Jackrabbit) Bone Mineral

Somerville, Andrew D ; Sugiyama, Nawa ; Manzanilla, Linda R ; Schoeninger, Margaret J Caramelli, David

United States: Public Library of Science

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