Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14210%2F20%3A00117956" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14210/20:00117956 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://rdcu.be/cd1Ps" target="_blank" >https://rdcu.be/cd1Ps</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-60194-0" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-020-60194-0</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Populations in Mongolia from the late second millennium B.C.E. through the Mongol Empire are traditionally assumed, by archaeologists and historians, to have maintained a highly specialized horse-facilitated form of mobile pastoralism. Until recently, a dearth of direct evidence for prehistoric human diet and subsistence economies in Mongolia has rendered systematic testing of this view impossible. Here, we present stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements of human bone collagen, and stable carbon isotope analysis of human enamel bioapatite, from 137 well-dated ancient Mongolian individuals spanning the period c. 4400 B.C.E. to 1300C.E. Our results demonstrate an increase in consumption of C-4 plants beginning at c. 800 B.C.E., almost certainly indicative of millet consumption, an interpretation supported by archaeological evidence. The escalating scale of millet consumption on the eastern Eurasian steppe over time, and an expansion of isotopic niche widths, indicate that historic Mongolian empires were supported by a diversification of economic strategies rather than uniform, specialized pastoralism.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Economic Diversification Supported the Growth of Mongolia's Nomadic Empires
Popis výsledku anglicky
Populations in Mongolia from the late second millennium B.C.E. through the Mongol Empire are traditionally assumed, by archaeologists and historians, to have maintained a highly specialized horse-facilitated form of mobile pastoralism. Until recently, a dearth of direct evidence for prehistoric human diet and subsistence economies in Mongolia has rendered systematic testing of this view impossible. Here, we present stable carbon and nitrogen isotope measurements of human bone collagen, and stable carbon isotope analysis of human enamel bioapatite, from 137 well-dated ancient Mongolian individuals spanning the period c. 4400 B.C.E. to 1300C.E. Our results demonstrate an increase in consumption of C-4 plants beginning at c. 800 B.C.E., almost certainly indicative of millet consumption, an interpretation supported by archaeological evidence. The escalating scale of millet consumption on the eastern Eurasian steppe over time, and an expansion of isotopic niche widths, indicate that historic Mongolian empires were supported by a diversification of economic strategies rather than uniform, specialized pastoralism.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>imp</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science
CEP obor
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OECD FORD obor
60102 - Archaeology
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Scientific Reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
10
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
1
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
12
Strana od-do
1-12
Kód UT WoS článku
000560289400037
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85080873470