Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade

Abstract Past fish provenance, exploitation and trade patterns were studied by analyzing phosphate oxygen isotope compositions (δ18OPO4) of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) tooth enameloid from archaeological sites across the southern Levant, spanning the entire Holocene. We report the earliest evi...

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Autores principales:	Sisma-Ventura Guy, Tütken Thomas, Zohar Irit, Pack Andreas, Sivan Dorit, Lernau Omri, Gilboa Ayelet, Bar-Oz Guy
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2018
Materias:	Bardawil Lagoon Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Tooth Enameloid Fish Teeth Northern Sinai Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:188dfe09b52c45f6b9dcf6e106fadcad2021-12-02T15:08:40ZTooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade10.1038/s41598-018-32468-12045-2322https://doaj.org/article/188dfe09b52c45f6b9dcf6e106fadcad2018-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-32468-1https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Past fish provenance, exploitation and trade patterns were studied by analyzing phosphate oxygen isotope compositions (δ18OPO4) of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) tooth enameloid from archaeological sites across the southern Levant, spanning the entire Holocene. We report the earliest evidence for extensive fish exploitation from the hypersaline Bardawil lagoon on Egypt’s northern Sinai coast, as indicated by distinctively high δ18OPO4 values, which became abundant in the southern Levant, both along the coast and further inland, at least from the Late Bronze Age (3,550–3,200 BP). A period of global, postglacial sea-level stabilization triggered the formation of the Bardawil lagoon, which was intensively exploited and supported a widespread fish trade. This represents the earliest roots of marine proto-aquaculture in Late Holocene coastal domains of the Mediterranean. We demonstrate the potential of large-scale δ18OPO4 analysis of fish teeth to reveal cultural phenomena in antiquity, providing unprecedented insights into past trade patterns.Sisma-Ventura GuyTütken ThomasZohar IritPack AndreasSivan DoritLernau OmriGilboa AyeletBar-Oz GuyNature PortfolioarticleBardawil LagoonPhosphate Oxygen IsotopeTooth EnameloidFish TeethNorthern SinaiMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
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topic	Bardawil Lagoon Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Tooth Enameloid Fish Teeth Northern Sinai Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Bardawil Lagoon Phosphate Oxygen Isotope Tooth Enameloid Fish Teeth Northern Sinai Medicine R Science Q Sisma-Ventura Guy Tütken Thomas Zohar Irit Pack Andreas Sivan Dorit Lernau Omri Gilboa Ayelet Bar-Oz Guy Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
description	Abstract Past fish provenance, exploitation and trade patterns were studied by analyzing phosphate oxygen isotope compositions (δ18OPO4) of gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata) tooth enameloid from archaeological sites across the southern Levant, spanning the entire Holocene. We report the earliest evidence for extensive fish exploitation from the hypersaline Bardawil lagoon on Egypt’s northern Sinai coast, as indicated by distinctively high δ18OPO4 values, which became abundant in the southern Levant, both along the coast and further inland, at least from the Late Bronze Age (3,550–3,200 BP). A period of global, postglacial sea-level stabilization triggered the formation of the Bardawil lagoon, which was intensively exploited and supported a widespread fish trade. This represents the earliest roots of marine proto-aquaculture in Late Holocene coastal domains of the Mediterranean. We demonstrate the potential of large-scale δ18OPO4 analysis of fish teeth to reveal cultural phenomena in antiquity, providing unprecedented insights into past trade patterns.
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author	Sisma-Ventura Guy Tütken Thomas Zohar Irit Pack Andreas Sivan Dorit Lernau Omri Gilboa Ayelet Bar-Oz Guy
author_facet	Sisma-Ventura Guy Tütken Thomas Zohar Irit Pack Andreas Sivan Dorit Lernau Omri Gilboa Ayelet Bar-Oz Guy
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title	Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
title_short	Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
title_full	Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
title_fullStr	Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
title_full_unstemmed	Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
title_sort	tooth oxygen isotopes reveal late bronze age origin of mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/188dfe09b52c45f6b9dcf6e106fadcad
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Tooth oxygen isotopes reveal Late Bronze Age origin of Mediterranean fish aquaculture and trade

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