Community Diversity at Ban Lum Khao, Thailand: Isotopic Evidence from the Skeletons

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dc.contributor.authorBentley, R. Alexander
dc.contributor.authorCox, Katherine
dc.contributor.authorTayles, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorHigham, Charles
dc.contributor.authorMacpherson, Colin
dc.contributor.authorNowell, Geoff
dc.contributor.authorCooper, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorHayes, Tina E.F.
dc.date.accessioned2013-05-23T18:11:15Z
dc.date.available2013-05-23T18:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractIsotopes of strontium, carbon, and oxygen were analyzed in human tooth enamel from the Bronze Age site of Ban Lum Khao (c. 1400 b.c.–500 b.c.) in Thailand. The strontium and oxygen isotopes, which generally reflect place of origin, delimit discrete groups among the individuals. Among the females, di¤erent groups determined through isotopic signatures were buried with distinctive pottery types. This suggests that social identity, drawn from village of origin, was conveyed by material culture, at least in burial. Although Ban Lum Khao was probably an egalitarian community, this isotopic and archaeological evidence suggests that di¤erent social identities were associated with place of childhood origin in this Bronze Age community.
dc.format.extent19 pages
dc.identifier.issn0066-8435 (Print)
dc.identifier.issn1535-8283 (E-ISSN)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/29076
dc.language.isoen-US
dc.publisherUniversity of Hawai'i Press (Honolulu)
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 48
dc.relation.ispartofseriesNumber 1
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/
dc.subjectprehistoric kinship
dc.subjectmatrilocality
dc.subjectpatrilocality
dc.subjectstrontium isotopes
dc.subjectoxygen isotopes
dc.subjectcarbon isotopes
dc.subjectSr-87/Sr-86
dc.subjectNeolithic, Bronze Age
dc.subjectSoutheast Asia
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Asia--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshPrehistoric peoples--Oceania--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshAsia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshOceania--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.subject.lcshEast Asia--Antiquities--Periodicals.
dc.titleCommunity Diversity at Ban Lum Khao, Thailand: Isotopic Evidence from the Skeletons
dc.typeOther
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