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The Relationship of Stable Isotopes to Late Woodland and Fort Ancient Agriculture, Mobility, and Paleopathologies at the Turpin Site

McCall, Ashley E
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367924972

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2013, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences: Anthropology.
This thesis uses stable isotope analyses to examine the relationships between diet, migration, paleopathologies, and agriculture for Newtown Phase Late Woodland and Fort Ancient Turpin Phase populations from the type-site, Turpin (33Ha19), located in the lower Little Miami River Valley, Hamilton County, Ohio. Investigating the subsistence strategy and health of the people who inhabited the Turpin site is important because this is one of the earliest locations of maize agriculture in eastern North America. Therefore, the Turpin population is crucial for our understanding of the dietary and health implications of maize agriculture in the Ohio Valley. Human behavioral ecology states that as humans increase their economic reliance on maize agriculture, they decrease their mobility, increase social stratification, and increase their susceptibility to disease. Stable isotope values in human bone collagen and tooth enamel are used to determine dietary composition and mobility. Statistical analyses comparing d13C and d15N values among ages, sexes, and paleopathologies demonstrate that maize was a significant part of the diet (d13C values greater than -14.0‰) and that women were deficient in protein (low d15N values). Maize was likely consumed on a regular basis by the Fort Ancient population and made up more than 25% of the diet. With few exceptions, there is little variation in the 87Sr/86Sr isotope levels of enamel carbonate, which is indicative of a semi-sedentary community. There is evidence that a few individuals may have migrated into the area. These immigrations may have been the result of captivity or intertribal marriage.
Kenneth Tankersley, Ph.D. (Committee Chair)
Brooke Crowley, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Heather Norton, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
189 p.
Archaeology
Isotopes; Nitrogen; Carbon; Strontium; Paleopathologies; Turpin;

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  • McCall, A. E. (2013). The Relationship of Stable Isotopes to Late Woodland and Fort Ancient Agriculture, Mobility, and Paleopathologies at the Turpin Site [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367924972

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • McCall, Ashley. The Relationship of Stable Isotopes to Late Woodland and Fort Ancient Agriculture, Mobility, and Paleopathologies at the Turpin Site. 2013. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367924972.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • McCall, Ashley. "The Relationship of Stable Isotopes to Late Woodland and Fort Ancient Agriculture, Mobility, and Paleopathologies at the Turpin Site." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1367924972

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