Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
Jonathan Santana
(1, 2)
,
Andrew Millard
(1)
,
Juan J Ibáñez-Estevez
(3)
,
Fanny Bocquentin
(4, 5)
,
Geoffrey Nowell
(6)
,
Joanne Peterkin
(6)
,
Colin Macpherson
(6)
,
Juan Muñiz
,
Marie Anton
(7)
,
Mohammad Alrousan
(8)
,
Zeidan Kafafi
(8)
1
Department of Archaeology
2 ULPGC - Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
3 Institución Milá y Fontanals.
4 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
5 Laboratoire Cogitamus = Cogitamus Laboratory
6 Department of Earth Sciences [Durham]
7 EA - Éco-Anthropologie
8 YU - Yarmouk University
2 ULPGC - Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
3 Institución Milá y Fontanals.
4 ArScAn - Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
5 Laboratoire Cogitamus = Cogitamus Laboratory
6 Department of Earth Sciences [Durham]
7 EA - Éco-Anthropologie
8 YU - Yarmouk University
Jonathan Santana
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 1117682
Andrew Millard
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 761362
- ORCID : 0000-0002-3895-2854
Fanny Bocquentin
- Fonction : Auteur
- PersonId : 174201
- IdHAL : fanny-bocquentin
- ORCID : 0000-0003-0236-5081
- IdRef : 077192338
Juan Muñiz
- Fonction : Auteur
Résumé
Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few isotopic studies of human remains dating to this early complex transition offer direct evidence of mobility and migration. The aim of this study is to identify first-generation non-local individuals from Natufian to Pre-Pottery Neolithic C periods to explore the scope of human mobility and migration during the Neolithic transition in the Southern Levant, an area that is central to this historical process. The study adopted a multi-approach resorting to strontium (87Sr/86Sr), oxygen (δ18OVSMOW) and carbon (δ13C) isotope ratio analyses of tooth enamel of 67 human individuals from five sites in Jordan, Syria, and Israel. The isotope ratios point both to a significant level of human migration and/or mobility in the Final Natufian which is compatible with early sedentarism and seasonal mobility and with population aggregation in early sedentary hamlets. The current findings, in turn, offer evidence that most individuals dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic were local to their respective settlements despite certain evidence of non-locals. Interestingly, isotopic data suggest that two possible non-local individuals benefitted from particular burial practices. The results underscore a decrease in human mobility and migration as farming became increasingly dominant among the subsistence strategies throughout the Neolithic transition of the Southern Levant.
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Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
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Résumé |
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Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few isotopic studies of human remains dating to this early complex transition offer direct evidence of mobility and migration. The aim of this study is to identify first-generation non-local individuals from Natufian to Pre-Pottery Neolithic C periods to explore the scope of human mobility and migration during the Neolithic transition in the Southern Levant, an area that is central to this historical process. The study adopted a multi-approach resorting to strontium (87Sr/86Sr), oxygen (δ18OVSMOW) and carbon (δ13C) isotope ratio analyses of tooth enamel of 67 human individuals from five sites in Jordan, Syria, and Israel. The isotope ratios point both to a significant level of human migration and/or mobility in the Final Natufian which is compatible with early sedentarism and seasonal mobility and with population aggregation in early sedentary hamlets. The current findings, in turn, offer evidence that most individuals dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic were local to their respective settlements despite certain evidence of non-locals. Interestingly, isotopic data suggest that two possible non-local individuals benefitted from particular burial practices. The results underscore a decrease in human mobility and migration as farming became increasingly dominant among the subsistence strategies throughout the Neolithic transition of the Southern Levant.
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Auteur(s) |
Jonathan Santana
1, 2
, Andrew Millard
1
, Juan J Ibáñez-Estevez
3
, Fanny Bocquentin
4, 5
, Geoffrey Nowell
6
, Joanne Peterkin
6
, Colin Macpherson
6
, Juan Muñiz
, Marie Anton
7
, Mohammad Alrousan
8
, Zeidan Kafafi
8
1
Department of Archaeology
( 267543 )
- Durham University, Durham,
- Royaume-Uni
2
ULPGC -
Universidad de las Palmas de Gran Canaria
( 514293 )
- Juan de Quesada, 30
35001 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
España
- Espagne
3
Institución Milá y Fontanals.
( 566344 )
- Barcelona
- Espagne
4
ArScAn -
Archéologies et Sciences de l'Antiquité
( 1003 )
- MSH Mondes (bâtiment René-Ginouvès). 21, allée de l’Université 92023 NANTERRE Cedex
- France
5
Laboratoire Cogitamus = Cogitamus Laboratory
( 1004353 )
- France
6
Department of Earth Sciences [Durham]
( 101767 )
- Durham University, Science Labs, Durham DH1 3LE
- Royaume-Uni
7
EA -
Éco-Anthropologie
( 1004942 )
- Musée de l’Homme - 17 place du Trocadéro - 75016 Paris
- France
8
YU -
Yarmouk University
( 528199 )
- Jordanie
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Date de publication |
2021
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Date de publication électronique |
2021-06-04
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Page/Identifiant |
11857
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Langue du document |
Anglais
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Nom de la revue |
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Vulgarisation |
Non
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Comité de lecture |
Oui
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Audience |
Internationale
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Volume |
11
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Domaine(s) |
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DOI | 10.1038/s41598-021-90795-2 |
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