Stable isotope analyses demonstrate that C-4 plants played an important dietary role in Eurasian prehistory. Uncertainty remains, however, about when and how crops were integrated into the diet of Central Asian populations. Here, the authors present delta C-13 and delta N-15 stable isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen from Kyrgyzstan, revealing C-4 plant-likely broomcorn miller-consumption in the third millennium BC. Combining this evidence with AMS radiocarbon dating and animal collagen peptide fingerprinting demonstrates that broomcorn millet was consumed by humans and animals during the earliest episodes of the westward spread of this crop plant. The results contribute to debates about the timing and means by which domesticated millets were dispersed across Eurasia.
Publication Name (dc.title) | The integration of millet into the diet of Central Asian populations in the third millennium BC |
Author/s (dc.contributor.yazarlar) | Giedre Motuzaite Matuzeviciute, Elina Ananyevskaya, Jorune Sakalauskaite, Orozbek Soltobaev, Kubatbek Tabaldiev |
Publication type (dc.type) | Makale |
Language (dc.language) | İngilizce |
Publication year (dc.date.issued) | 2022 |
National/International (dc.identifier.ulusaluluslararasi) | Uluslararası |
Source (dc.relation.journal) | Antiquity |
Number (dc.identifier.issue) | 387 |
Volume/Issue (dc.identifier.volume) | 96 |
Page (dc.identifier.startpage) | 560-574 |
ISSN/ISBN (dc.identifier.issn) | ISSN: 0003-598X; Online ISSN: 1745-1744 |
Publisher (dc.publisher) | Cambridge University Press, England |
Databases (dc.contributor.veritaban) | Web of Science Core Collection |
Databases (dc.contributor.veritaban) | Cambridge University Press |
Databases (dc.contributor.veritaban) | Scopus |
Index Type (dc.identifier.index) | SSCI |
Index Type (dc.identifier.index) | Scopus |
Impact Factor (dc.identifier.etkifaktoru) | 2,024 / 2021-WOS / 5 Year: 2,139 |
Abstract (dc.description.abstract) | Stable isotope analyses demonstrate that C-4 plants played an important dietary role in Eurasian prehistory. Uncertainty remains, however, about when and how crops were integrated into the diet of Central Asian populations. Here, the authors present delta C-13 and delta N-15 stable isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen from Kyrgyzstan, revealing C-4 plant-likely broomcorn miller-consumption in the third millennium BC. Combining this evidence with AMS radiocarbon dating and animal collagen peptide fingerprinting demonstrates that broomcorn millet was consumed by humans and animals during the earliest episodes of the westward spread of this crop plant. The results contribute to debates about the timing and means by which domesticated millets were dispersed across Eurasia. |
URL (dc.rights) | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/abs/integration-of-millet-into-the-diet-of-central-asian-populations-in-the-third-millennium-bc/1035166AD2FD0E412AE3F3A4C51012D3 |
DOI (dc.identifier.doi) | 10.15184/aqy.2022.23 |
Faculty / Institute (dc.identifier.fakulte) | Edebiyat Fakültesi |
Department (dc.identifier.bolum) | Tarih Bölümü |
Author(s) in the Institution (dc.contributor.author) | Kubatbek TABALDİYEV |
Kayıt No (dc.identifier.kayitno) | BLE641052C |
Record Add Date (dc.date.available) | 2022-04-05 |
Notes (Publication year) (dc.identifier.notyayinyili) | June 2022 |
Wos No (dc.identifier.wos) | WOS:000765591900001 |
Subject Headings (dc.subject) | Central Asia |
Subject Headings (dc.subject) | Kyrgyzstan |
Subject Headings (dc.subject) | bronze age |
Subject Headings (dc.subject) | stable isotope analysis |
Subject Headings (dc.subject) | human diet |
Subject Headings (dc.subject) | c-4 plants |