SUBSISTENCE IN THE FLORIDA ARCHAIC - THE STABLE-ISOTOPE AND ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE WINDOVER SITE

Authors
TUROSS N FOGEL ML NEWSOM L DORAN GH
Citation
N. Tuross et al., SUBSISTENCE IN THE FLORIDA ARCHAIC - THE STABLE-ISOTOPE AND ARCHAEOBOTANICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE WINDOVER SITE, American antiquity, 59(2), 1994, pp. 288-303
Citations number
81
Categorie Soggetti
Archaeology,Archaeology
Journal title
American antiquity → ACNP
ISSN journal
00027316
Volume
59
Issue
2
Year of publication
1994
Pages
288 - 303
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7316(1994)59:2<288:SITFA->2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A paleodietary analysis of the mid-Holocene mortuary site, Windover (8 BR246), based on carbon and nitrogen bone-collagen values and archaeob otanical information is consistent with a subsistence strategy that ut ilized river-dwelling fauna and a range of terrestrial flora, such as grapes and prickly pear. The isotopic analysis does not support the ex tensive human dietary use of either marine mammals or classic terrestr ial fauna such as deer or rabbit. Seasonal (late summer/early fall) us e of the site is indicated by the range of flora found in association with the burials.