Diet along the eastern Silk Roads: an isotopic case study of ancient humans and livestock from the Han-Jin Dynasties in the Lop Nur region, northwest China

• Published in: Archaeological and anthropological sciences Vol. 16; no. 10; p. 163
• Main Authors: Wang, Xueye, Li, Kangkang, Wei, Dong, Zhang, Guiying, Hu, Xingjun, Feng, Jing, Jiao, Yingxin, Xu, Bing, Qin, Xiaoguang, Oelze, Vicky M., Tang, Zihua
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.10.2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal manures; Animal products; Animals; Anthropology; Archaeology; Bronze Age; Carbon; Case studies; Cemeteries; Chemistry/Food Science; Climatic conditions; Collagen; Consumption; Cultural heritage; Dental enamel; Diet; Dynasties; Earth and Environmental Science; Earth Sciences; Food; Food consumption; Geography; Geology; Geophysics; Herbivores; Human remains; Isotopes; Life Sciences; Livestock; Millet; Multiculturalism & pluralism; Nitrogen; Prehistoric humans; Regions; Rural areas; Social integration; Lop Nur; China; Paleodiets; Stable isotope analyses; Dentine collagen; Enamel carbonates; Ancient Silk Roads

As a crossroad of the ancient Silk Roads, the historic Lop Nur population of northwest China witnessed substantial cultural integration among the Han, Xiongnu, and Western Regions communities known as the ancient Loulan. However, the dietary practices of the Loulan population remains poorly understo...