Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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eng
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Ostrich Eggshell from the Far Eastern Steppe: Stable Isotopic Exploration of Range, Commodification, and Extirpation

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Routledge, Jennifer, Thesis advisor (ths): Szpak, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Janz, Lisa, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study uses stable isotope analysis on both the organic and inorganic fractions of ostrich eggshell obtained from archaeological excavations in Mongolia, northern China, and southern Siberia. By establishing the δ13Corg, δ15N, δ13Cinorg, δ18O isotopic compositions of the eggshell of the Asian ostrich (Struthio asiaticus), this study provides insight into the maximum northern range of… more

Examining the Diet of Early Nomadic Pastoralists in Southern Mongolia Using Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Analysis

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Komarova, Svetlana, Thesis advisor (ths): Janz, Lisa, Thesis advisor (ths): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Szpak, Paul, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study reconstructs the diet of pastoral populations from Bronze Age Southern Mongolia and Early Iron Age Central Mongolia using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of bone collagen from 44 individuals. Spatial and temporal differences were investigated and interpreted in combination with paleoenvironmental, archaeological, genetic and other stable isotope data. The Southern… more

Why fish when you could farm? A stable isotope analysis of changing diet and ritual killing in the Virú Valley, Peru

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hyland, Corrie Hendrika Teuna, Thesis advisor (ths): Szpak, Paul, Degree committee member (dgc): Williams, Jocelyn, Degree committee member (dgc): Haines, Helen R, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses were performed on individuals from the Virú Valley, Peru to better understand the people and society in this region of early-state development. This analysis also sheds light on the lives of individuals from a ritual killing event at Huaca Santa Clara. Bone collagen stable isotope analysis revealed that all individuals had diets predominantly… more

Rendering New Insights: An Investigation of Bone Processing Activities at Vale Boi

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Year: 2020, 2020
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Hamilton, Cassandra, Thesis advisor (ths): Morin, Eugene, Degree committee member (dgc): Connolly, James, Degree committee member (dgc): Szpak, Paul, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The Upper Paleolithic sequence at Vale Boi, Portugal, represents an early example of resource intensification, for which evidence of both diet diversification and intensified utilization of faunal remains has been published. The current research project tests the hypothesis that bone grease rendering was occurring throughout the Upper Paleolithic sequence at Vale Boi. As there are… more