2022

rozdział w monografii naukowej

polski

EN Analyses of strontium isotopes (87Sr/86Sr) allow us to determine the origins of people from historical and prehistoric times and to identify the provenance of various types of artefacts. The aim of the presented investigations was to determine the origin of individuals buried at Corded Ware Culture cemeteries in today’s south-eastern Poland. Samples for isotope studies were taken from the enamel of human and animal teeth. The analysed materials came from 24 places and included, apart from human teeth, teeth of contemporaneous animals. For comparative purposes, the tooth enamel of representatives of the Bell Beaker Culture and the Mierzanowice culture. Studies of the strontium isotope composition in human and animal tooth enamel were carried out at the Isotope Laboratory of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Based on the obtained isotopic signatures, it was established that all analysed persons from the Małopolska Upland spent their childhood in this area and that 87Sr/86Sr values typical of the local population to the north-west of Cracow range from 0.7098 to 0.7113, and those of the people to the east are slightly lower, ranging from 0.7094 to 0.7106. Another distinguished area was the Carpathian part of the Sandomierz Basin, where the sediments forming the geological substrate are characterized by high 87Sr/86Sr values. The isotope signatures of the CWC population from this region vary from 0.7089 to 0.7114. The 87Sr/86Sr values typical for the local population of this area range from ~ 0.7103 to ~ 0.7114, showing that nearly half (14 people) of the studied CWC people are of non-local origin. The range of strontium isotope signatures of these people indicates that they came from (an) area(s) with a geological substrate of non-radiogenic rocks or sediments, e.g. the area of Sokal Ridge or areas further to the east (Volhynian and Podolian Upland), within the range of the Middle Dnieper culture. It was noticed that grave goods of these people include some items of non-local origin. The tooth enamel samples collected from people buried at sites located in the Sokal Ridge and the Nałęczów Plateau show that all these individuals are of local origin and their 87Sr/86Sr values range from 0.7089 to 0.7105. The analyses of strontium isotopes demonstrated that the majority of the examined individuals were local. Our studies reveal that the Carpathian part of the Sandomierz Basin is an exceptional zone, marked by a significant share of “non-locals”. Grave furnishings of the “isotopically” distinguished people are highly differentiated and in one complex there may be artefacts of local and western (Małopolska Upland) and north-eastern (Sokal Ridge) provenance. The detected elements of funeral customs indicate there was no clear emphasis on reflecting the origin of the buried person in the grave inventory.

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http://iaepan.edu.pl/spolecznosci-schylkowego-neolitu-w-poludniowo-wschodniej-polsce/

Społeczności schyłkowego eneolitu w południowo-wschodniej Polsce w świetle badań archeologicznych i analiz interdyscyplinarnych

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