俄罗斯远东地区特罗伊茨基靺鞨墓地人骨的稳定同位素分析

Paleodiet Studies Using Stable Carbon and Nitrogen Isotopes from Human Bone:An Example from the Troitskiy Cemetery of Mohe,Far-eastern Area of Russia

稳定同位素分析技术近年来发展为复原古代民族饮食结构、社会经济模式的有效手段。本文应用该技术首次对俄罗斯远东地区特罗伊茨基靺鞨墓地出土人骨中的C、N同位素比值进行了测定。结果显示,特罗伊茨基墓地古代靺鞨居民日常饮食习惯中保持着较高比例的动物性食物摄入,植物类食物的摄入中C3类植物的比重较高。结合其他相关资料,初步推测该组靺鞨居民已经有一定农业,渔猎业和饲养业在经济生活中占据重要地位,黑水靺鞨和粟末靺鞨的经济类型有所差别。本文的研究结果可以为复原古代民族的经济模式研究提供有益的线索。

The Troitskiy cemetery, a very important site of the Mohe ancient culture, is located in the coastal and middle portions of the Jieya River, in the far-eastern area of Russia. In this study, we examine the Troitskiy human paleodiet using stable isotopic ratios of carbon and nitrogen in bone collagen. Nitrogen isotope ratios of bone collagen show that the Mohe ancient inhabitants from this cemetery ate primarily animal products with only a small amount of plant products. Carbon isotopic ratios of bone collagen show that most of the plant products came from C3 plants.