Strontium isotope analysis on cremated human remains from Stonehenge support links with west Wales

被引：54

作者：

Snoeck, Christophe ^{[1
,2
]}

Pouncett, John ^{[1
]}

Claeys, Philippe ^{[2
]}

Goderis, Steven ^{[2
]}

Mattielli, Nadine ^{[3
]}

Pearson, Mike Parker ^{[4
]}

Willis, Christie ^{[4
]}

Zazzo, Antoine ^{[5
]}

Lee-Thorp, Julia A. ^{[1
]}

Schulting, Rick J. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Oxford, Sch Archaeol, 1-2 South Parks Rd, Oxford OX1 3TG, England

[2] Vrije Univ Brussel, Dept Chem, AMGC WE VUB, Analyt Environm & Geochem, Pl Laan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

[3] Univ Libre Bruxelles, G Time Lab, CP 160-02,50 Ave FD Roosevelt, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium

[4] UCL, Inst Archaeol, 31-34 Gordon Sq, London WC1H 0PY, England

[5] Sorbonne Univ, Museum Natl Hist Nat, Ctr Natl Rech Sci, Unite Mixte Rech Archeozool Archeobot Soc Prat &, CP 56,55 Rue Buffon, F-75005 Paris, France

来源：

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS | 2018年 / 8卷

基金：

比利时弗兰德研究基金会;

关键词：

FOSSIL BONE; BRONZE-AGE; SR-87/SR-86; RATIOS; CARBON;

D O I：

10.1038/s41598-018-28969-8

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Cremated human remains from Stonehenge provide direct evidence on the life of those few select individuals buried at this iconic Neolithic monument. The practice of cremation has, however, precluded the application of strontium isotope analysis of tooth enamel as the standard chemical approach to study their origin. New developments in strontium isotopic analysis of cremated bone reveal that at least 10 of the 25 cremated individuals analysed did not spend their lives on the Wessex chalk on which the monument is found. Combined with the archaeological evidence, we suggest that their most plausible origin lies in west Wales, the source of the bluestones erected in the early stage of the monument's construction. These results emphasise the importance of inter-regional connections involving the movement of both materials and people in the construction and use of Stonehenge.

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