@article{10902/20865,
year = {2020},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/20865},
abstract = {This paper reconstructs the diet and lifeways of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic farming groups in the Cantabrian Region (northern Spain) using human remains found at Los Avellanos I and II (Alfoz de Lloredo, Cantabria). A bioarchaeological study was conducted, alongside radiocarbon dating and stable isotope analyses (?13C, ?15N, ?34S) of human (n =7) and animal (n =3) bone collagen. Both caves were used as a burial location between the 4th and 3rd millennium cal. BC. Taphonomic analysis of the human remains shows post-depositional activity within both sites after the burial. The ?13C and ?15N results show that the prehistoric individuals ate a pre-dominantly terrestrial diet, with animal protein from meat and likely dairy products being an important resource. Despite the proximity to the coastline, the ?13C and ?15N values demonstrate that marine resources were not being consumed in any great quantity by these Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic individuals. The ?34S results show heterogeneity among the people buried in both caves. The majority of individuals had higher ?34S values typical of living in coastal areas, but three individuals had lower ?34S values, indicative of living further inland for at least some of their lives, suggesting human mobility between inland and coastal areas.},
organization = {This study is part of BGR’s Doctoral dissertation, supervised by ABMA and MRGM. This research is funded by the research projects of the  Spanish Economy, Industry and  Competitiveness Ministry HAR2016-75605-R (Cambio global, respuestas locales: impacto del cambio clim ́atico en las sociedades terminales de cazadores recolectores y el inicio de las economías productivas) to MRGM and HAR2017- 84997-P and  Santander Talent Atraction for  Research (STAR1) to ABMA. The authors would like to thank Consejería de Universidades, Igualdad, Cultura y Deporte of the Cantabrian Regional Government for allowing the study and sampling of the remains from Los Avellanos I and II. Thank you also to R. Onta ̃n ́on, A. Chauvin and the Museum of Pre-history and Archaeology of Cantabria (MUPAC) for providing access to their facilities, as well as the use of pictures of the archaeological ma-terials curated. We also wish to express our gratitude to I. Varela and C. Revilla (IBBTEC, University of Cantabria) for the use of their laboratory facilities to carry out the collagen extraction and for laboratory assis-tance. Finally, we also thanks to two anonymous reviewers for their constructive comments that improved the manuscript.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
publisher = {Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, Volumen 34, December 2020},
title = {Diet, mobility and death of Late Neolithic and Chalcolithic groups of the Cantabrian Region (northern Spain). A multidisciplinary approach towards studying the Los Avellanos I and II burial caves},
author = {González Rabanal, Borja and Marín Arroyo, Ana Belén and Jones, Jennifer R. and Agudo Pérez, Lucía and Vega Maeso, Cristina and González Morales, Manuel R.},
}