摘要
In order to study the sus diets and explore the possibility to distinguish domestic pig from wild boar through dietary analysis, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of 28 pig bones from archaeological site of Wanfabozi in Tonghua City, Jilin Province were analyzed. The δ 13C and δ 15N values of uncontaminated bones show that the overall pigs in the site were generally herbivores and ate mainly C3 plants. Significant difference of δ15N values was observed between wild boar and domestic pigs, which may result from the higher consumption of animal protein in domestic pigs other than from that in wild boar, possibly from human leftover or waste,. The dietary difference between wild boar and domestic pigs has great potential to differentiate wild boar and domestic pigs in the early stage of pig domestication.
In order to study the sus diets and explore the possibility to distinguish domestic pig from wild boar through dietary analysis, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes of 28 pig bones from archaeological site of Wanfabozi in Tonghua City, Jilin Province were analyzed. The δ^13C and δ^15N values of uncontaminated bones show that the overall pigs in the site were generally herbivores and ate mainly C3 plants. Significant difference of δ^15N values was observed between wild boar and domestic pigs, which may result from the higher consumption of animal protein in domestic pigs other than from that in wild boar, possibly from human leftover or waste,. The dietary difference between wild boar and domestic pigs has great potential to differentiate wild boar and domestic pigs in the early stage of pig domestication.
作者
GUAN Li1, HU YaoWu2, TANG zhuoWei3, YANG YiMin2, DONG Yu1, CUI YaPing4 & WANG ChangSui2 1 Department of History of Science & Technology and Archaeometry
University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
2 Department of Scientific History and Archaeometry
School of the Humanities, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sci- ences, Beijing 100049, China
3 Laboratory of Environment Archaeology, Research Center for Chinese Frontier Archaeology
Jilin University
Changchun 130012, China
4 Museum of the West Han Dynasty Mausoleum of the Nanyue King, Guangzhou 510040, China
基金
Supported by the Pilot Project of Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. KJCX3.SYW.N12)
Special Foundation of President of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
关键词
家猪
同位素分析
骨骼
野猪
分子生物学
origin of the domestic pigs, palaeodietary analysis, stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes, differentiation of domestic pigs from wild boar
