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Analysis of 13C and 15N isotopes from Eurasian Quaternary fossils: Insights in diet, climate and ecology
In this dissertation, a vast amount of isotope (d13C and d15N) data from bulk collagen of Quaternary mammalian fossils are presented and discussed. Most of these data are measured at the Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Groningen (n > 400). The dataset consists of samples from various localities within Eurasia and are taken from human fossils, but mainly from fossils of various animal taxa including extinct species. Many of these faunal species belong to the typical ‘Mammoth steppe fauna’.
The results shed light on dietary and habitat characteristics of these animals and hominins through time and space, often during episodes of dramatic...Show moreWoolly mammoth fossils on an island where the species eventually dies out, human and animal fossils on the bottom of the North Sea, remains of Siberian unicorns and exceptionally well-preserved bones from 300,000 years ago from the famous Schöningen archaeological site in Germany: these are the main topics discussed in this thesis.
In this dissertation, a vast amount of isotope (d13C and d15N) data from bulk collagen of Quaternary mammalian fossils are presented and discussed. Most of these data are measured at the Centre for Isotope Research (CIO), Groningen (n > 400). The dataset consists of samples from various localities within Eurasia and are taken from human fossils, but mainly from fossils of various animal taxa including extinct species. Many of these faunal species belong to the typical ‘Mammoth steppe fauna’.
The results shed light on dietary and habitat characteristics of these animals and hominins through time and space, often during episodes of dramatic climate change. Overall, this thesis, a study of stable isotope data from mammalian fossils, contributes to our understanding of ecological conditions during the Pleistocene / Early Holocene in Eurasia.Show less
- All authors
- Kuitems, M.
- Supervisor
- Kolfschoten, T. van; Plicht, J. van der
- Committee
- Kolen, J.; Soressi, M.; Roebroeks, J.W.M.; Lister, A.M.; Tikhonov, A.N.; Llorente Rodriquez, L.
- Qualification
- Doctor (dr.)
- Awarding Institution
- Department of Archaeological Sciences, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University
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- 2020-05-14
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- Parts of his work was financially supported by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) in the frame of the Russian-Dutch scientific cooperation COMSEC (i.e. The collapse of the mammoth steppe ecosystem, № 047.017.041) and by the Leiden University Fund (LUF), Van Trigt (№10602).