ISOTOPIC BIOGEOCHEMISTRY (C-13, N-15) OF FOSSIL VERTEBRATE COLLAGEN - APPLICATION TO THE STUDY OF A PAST FOOD WEB INCLUDING NEANDERTHAL MAN

被引:214
作者
BOCHERENS, H
FIZET, M
MARIOTTI, A
LANGEBADRE, B
VANDERMEERSCH, B
BOREL, JP
BELLON, G
机构
[1] UNIV PARIS 06,PALEONTOL VERTEBRES PALEONTOL HUMAINE LAB,F-75252 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] UNIV BORDEAUX 1,ANTHROPOL LAB,F-33405 TALENCE,FRANCE
[3] UNIV REIMS,FAC MED,BIOCHIM MED LAB,CNRS,URA 610,51 RUE COGNACQ JAY,F-51095 REIMS,FRANCE
关键词
NEANDERTHAL; C-13 AND N-15 NATURAL-ABUNDANCES; FOOD WEB; COLLAGEN;
D O I
10.1016/0047-2484(91)90021-M
中图分类号
Q98 [人类学];
学科分类号
030303 ;
摘要
TheC/Nratio and amino acid composition of organic matter extracted from fossil mammal bones from the Paleolithic site at Marillac (Charentes, France) shown that this organic matter comes from collagen.δ13Candδ15Nvalues of known-diet fossil species demonstrate that these values have been preserved through fossilization processes, and that these fossil mammals can be used as ecological references to determine the Neandertal position in the past food web. Initial Neandertalδ13Candδ15N values suggest that he was mostly carnivorous. © 1991 Academic Press Limited.
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页码:481 / 492
页数:12
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