No bones about it: aDNA sequencing of dietary remains from human paleofeces.

Jenna Marie. Battillo; Karen. Lupo; Jaime. Mata-Miguez; Deborah Ann. Bolnick; William D. Lipe; R. G. Matson

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No bones about it: aDNA sequencing of dietary remains from human paleofeces.

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No bones about it: aDNA sequencing of dietary remains from human paleofeces.

Jenna Marie. Battillo, Karen. Lupo, Jaime. Mata-Miguez, Deborah Ann. Bolnick, William D. Lipe and R. G. Matson

International Council for Archaeozoology

International Conference of Archaeozoology (San Rafael, Argentina, 2014)

2014

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/6051

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Abstract

Basketmaker II Midden

Basketmaker II (ca. 500 BC ? AD 500)

Basketmaker III (ca. AD 500 ? 750)

Pueblo II-III (ca. AD 900 ? 1300)

Turkey Pen Ruin

paleofeces

macrobotanicals

dry rock shelter

Grand Gulch Plateau (Utah)

Cedar Mesa (San Juan County, Utah)

Turkeys.

Diet.

Meat.

Cottontails.

Hares.

Animals.

Dogs.

Sheep.

Nutrition.

Southwest, New--Antiquities.

Indians of North America--Southwest, New--Antiquities

The Basketmaker II (BMII) period remains from Turkey Pen Ruin, Utah (ca. 100BC – AD 500) show strong evidence for early, autochthonous turkey domestication in the Southwestern United States. However, isotopic research on bones and hair from this region shows that the BMII diet did not include much meat, and that turkey consumption was unlikely. It has been proposed that turkeys were raised primarily for ritual purposes and feather use. We are directly testing the animal aDNA present in 20 human paleofecal samples from Turkey Pen Ruin in order to evaluate animal dietary contribution and assess evidence for turkey and lagomorph consumption. Archaeological evidence (snares, clubs, and hunting technology) support rabbit hunting in this period, but more research is needed to understand the contribution of lagomorphs to diet. Ancient DNA from human paleofeces provides an additional line of evidence for evaluating animal exploitation when other archaeological data are ambiguous.

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Title: No bones about it: aDNA sequencing of dietary remains from human paleofeces.
Creators: Jenna Marie. Battillo (Author)
Karen. Lupo (Author)
Jaime. Mata-Miguez (Author)
Deborah Ann. Bolnick (Author)
William D. Lipe (Author)
R. G. Matson (Author)
Conference: International Conference of Archaeozoology (San Rafael, Argentina, 2014)
Academic Unit: Anthropology, Department of
Publisher: International Council for Archaeozoology
Identifiers: 99900502254201842
Copyright: In copyright ; openAccess ; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ ; http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess
Language: English
Resource Type: Conference presentation