TY - JOUR
T1 - Provisioning an urban economy
T2 - Isotopic perspectives on landscape use and animal sourcing on the Atlantic coastal plain
AU - Reitsema, Laurie L.
AU - Brown, Tad E.
AU - Hadden, Carla S.
AU - Cutts, Russell B.
AU - Little, Maran E.
AU - Ritchison, Brandon T.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Southeastern Archaeological Conference 2015.
PY - 2015/12
Y1 - 2015/12
N2 - Isotopic evidence from animal hones deposited in urban contexts offers a landscape perspective into urban life, hinting at where animals lived before reaching their final resting place in the city. Here, we use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence from cattle (Bos taurus) bones excavated from commercial and residential sites within historic Charleston, South Carolina, to evaluate whether markets pooled or segregated access to beef cattle drawn into the urban economy from the broader landscape. Results indicate that stable isotope values of cattle are varied, suggesting a broad catchment area, and differ significantly among site contexts, offering preliminary evidence regarding the roles markets played in integrating the surrounding landscape through market exchange.
AB - Isotopic evidence from animal hones deposited in urban contexts offers a landscape perspective into urban life, hinting at where animals lived before reaching their final resting place in the city. Here, we use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence from cattle (Bos taurus) bones excavated from commercial and residential sites within historic Charleston, South Carolina, to evaluate whether markets pooled or segregated access to beef cattle drawn into the urban economy from the broader landscape. Results indicate that stable isotope values of cattle are varied, suggesting a broad catchment area, and differ significantly among site contexts, offering preliminary evidence regarding the roles markets played in integrating the surrounding landscape through market exchange.
KW - Historical archaeology
KW - Stable isotope analysis
KW - Urban provisioning
KW - Zooarchaeology
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U2 - 10.1179/2168472315Y.0000000006
DO - 10.1179/2168472315Y.0000000006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84959354674
SN - 0734-578X
VL - 34
SP - 237
EP - 254
JO - Southeastern Archaeology
JF - Southeastern Archaeology
IS - 3
ER -