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| Title: | Paleodietary analysis on the prehistoric population of El Hierro (Canary Islands) | Authors: | Velasco Vázquez, Francisco Javier Arnay-De-La-Rosa, Matilde González-Reimers, Emilio Hernández-Torres, Oscar |
UNESCO Clasification: | 32 Ciencias médicas 51 Antropología 550501 Arqueología |
Keywords: | Paleodietary trace elements Paleodiet Bone strontium Prehistory Canary Islands |
Issue Date: | 1997 | Journal: | Biological Trace Element Research | Abstract: | In order to deepen our knowledge of the dietary habits of the prehispanic inhabitants of El Hierro, we have determined bone strontium (Sr), manganese (Mn), magnesium (Mg), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and calcium (Ca) in 52 human tibiae (23 belonging to males and 20 to females individuals) buried in a single burial cave; in 21 modern individuals who served as controls; and in 11 bones of herbivores found at archeological sites of the Canary Islands. Results suggest that females consumed a more vegetarian diet, although site-corrected Sr/Ca ratio of both males and females speaks for a mixed-diet consumption. | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10553/52313 | ISSN: | 0163-4984 | DOI: | 10.1007/BF02784443 | Source: | Biological Trace Element Research [ISSN 0163-4984], v. 60, p. 235-241 |
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