Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant

Abstract Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few isotopic studies of human remains dating to...

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Autores principales:	Jonathan Santana, Andrew Millard, Juan J. Ibáñez-Estevez, Fanny Bocquentin, Geoffrey Nowell, Joanne Peterkin, Colin Macpherson, Juan Muñiz, Marie Anton, Mohammad Alrousan, Zeidan Kafafi
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2c6aacab192e4f6b8a002fa8440917b52021-12-02T15:57:03ZMulti-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant10.1038/s41598-021-90795-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/2c6aacab192e4f6b8a002fa8440917b52021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90795-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few isotopic studies of human remains dating to this early complex transition offer direct evidence of mobility and migration. The aim of this study is to identify first-generation non-local individuals from Natufian to Pre-Pottery Neolithic C periods to explore the scope of human mobility and migration during the Neolithic transition in the Southern Levant, an area that is central to this historical process. The study adopted a multi-approach resorting to strontium (87Sr/86Sr), oxygen (δ18OVSMOW) and carbon (δ13C) isotope ratio analyses of tooth enamel of 67 human individuals from five sites in Jordan, Syria, and Israel. The isotope ratios point both to a significant level of human migration and/or mobility in the Final Natufian which is compatible with early sedentarism and seasonal mobility and with population aggregation in early sedentary hamlets. The current findings, in turn, offer evidence that most individuals dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic were local to their respective settlements despite certain evidence of non-locals. Interestingly, isotopic data suggest that two possible non-local individuals benefitted from particular burial practices. The results underscore a decrease in human mobility and migration as farming became increasingly dominant among the subsistence strategies throughout the Neolithic transition of the Southern Levant.Jonathan SantanaAndrew MillardJuan J. Ibáñez-EstevezFanny BocquentinGeoffrey NowellJoanne PeterkinColin MacphersonJuan MuñizMarie AntonMohammad AlrousanZeidan KafafiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-11 (2021)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Jonathan Santana Andrew Millard Juan J. Ibáñez-Estevez Fanny Bocquentin Geoffrey Nowell Joanne Peterkin Colin Macpherson Juan Muñiz Marie Anton Mohammad Alrousan Zeidan Kafafi Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
description	Abstract Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few isotopic studies of human remains dating to this early complex transition offer direct evidence of mobility and migration. The aim of this study is to identify first-generation non-local individuals from Natufian to Pre-Pottery Neolithic C periods to explore the scope of human mobility and migration during the Neolithic transition in the Southern Levant, an area that is central to this historical process. The study adopted a multi-approach resorting to strontium (87Sr/86Sr), oxygen (δ18OVSMOW) and carbon (δ13C) isotope ratio analyses of tooth enamel of 67 human individuals from five sites in Jordan, Syria, and Israel. The isotope ratios point both to a significant level of human migration and/or mobility in the Final Natufian which is compatible with early sedentarism and seasonal mobility and with population aggregation in early sedentary hamlets. The current findings, in turn, offer evidence that most individuals dating to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic were local to their respective settlements despite certain evidence of non-locals. Interestingly, isotopic data suggest that two possible non-local individuals benefitted from particular burial practices. The results underscore a decrease in human mobility and migration as farming became increasingly dominant among the subsistence strategies throughout the Neolithic transition of the Southern Levant.
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author	Jonathan Santana Andrew Millard Juan J. Ibáñez-Estevez Fanny Bocquentin Geoffrey Nowell Joanne Peterkin Colin Macpherson Juan Muñiz Marie Anton Mohammad Alrousan Zeidan Kafafi
author_facet	Jonathan Santana Andrew Millard Juan J. Ibáñez-Estevez Fanny Bocquentin Geoffrey Nowell Joanne Peterkin Colin Macpherson Juan Muñiz Marie Anton Mohammad Alrousan Zeidan Kafafi
author_sort	Jonathan Santana
title	Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
title_short	Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
title_full	Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
title_fullStr	Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
title_full_unstemmed	Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant
title_sort	multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the natufian and scant migration during the early neolithic of the southern levant
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/2c6aacab192e4f6b8a002fa8440917b5
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Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant

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