Year: 2018
Type: article
Abstract: The measurement of sulphur isotope (δ34S) values in charred plant remains has the potential to inform understanding of the spatial configuration and ecology of crop production. We investigated the effects of charring, manuring, oxidation and anaerobic soil conditions on modern cereal grain/pulse seed δ34S values, and assessed the effect of chemical pre‐treatment on charred modern and archaeobotanical grain/seed δ34S values. We used these results to interpret δ34S values in archaeobotanical material from Neolithic Çatalhöyük. Our results suggest that δ34S values can be reliably preserved in charred grain/seeds but are subject to influence by anaerobic soil conditions, the effect depending on the timing of flooding in relation to S assimilation.
Source: Archaeometry
DOI: 10.1111/arcm.12388
Language: English
Subfield: Paleontology
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G1084790046, G175615574, G1764887682, G2949594717, Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Carbon and Nitrogen Isotope Signatures Recorded in Animals - Geographic and Paleoenvironmental Proxies in the Southern Levant, G6231553600, Economic Integration and Cultural Survival at Neolithic Çatalhöyük, Turkey, G6424815331, G6660056659, G6734007581, Crop stable isotope ratios: new approaches to palaeodietary and agricultural reconstruction, G7678532654, G8108898364, G8192393358
OpenAlex ID: W2803322887