TY  - JOUR
A1  - Lugli, Federico
A1  - Nava, Alessia
A1  - Sorrentino, Rita
A1  - Vazzana, Antonino
A1  - Bortolini, Eugenio
A1  - Oxilia, Gregorio
A1  - Silvestrini, Sara
A1  - Nannini, Nicola
A1  - Bondioli, Luca
A1  - Fewlass, Helen
A1  - Talamo, Sahra
A1  - Bard, Edouard
A1  - Mancini, Lucia
A1  - Müller, Wolfgang
A1  - Romandini, Matteo
A1  - Benazzi, Stefano
T1  - Tracing the mobility of a Late Epigravettian (~ 13 ka) male infant from Grotte di Pradis (Northeastern Italian Prealps) at high-temporal resolution
T2  - Scientific reports
N2  - We present the results of a multi-disciplinary investigation on a deciduous human tooth (Pradis 1), recently recovered from the Epigravettian layers of the Grotte di Pradis archaeological site (Northeastern Italian Prealps). Pradis 1 is an exfoliated deciduous molar (Rdm2), lost during life by an 11–12-year-old child. A direct radiocarbon date provided an age of 13,088–12,897 cal BP (95% probability, IntCal20). Amelogenin peptides extracted from tooth enamel and analysed through LC–MS/MS indicate that Pradis 1 likely belonged to a male. Time-resolved 87Sr/86Sr analyses by laser ablation mass spectrometry (LA-MC-ICPMS), combined with dental histology, were able to resolve his movements during the first year of life (i.e. the enamel mineralization interval). Specifically, the Sr isotope ratio of the tooth enamel differs from the local baseline value, suggesting that the child likely spent his first year of life far from Grotte di Pradis. Sr isotopes are also suggestive of a cyclical/seasonal mobility pattern exploited by the Epigravettian human group. The exploitation of Grotte di Pradis on a seasonal, i.e. summer, basis is also indicated by the faunal spectra. Indeed, the nearly 100% occurrence of marmot remains in the entire archaeozoological collection indicates the use of Pradis as a specialized marmot hunting or butchering site. This work represents the first direct assessment of sub-annual movements observed in an Epigravettian hunter-gatherer group from Northern Italy.
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Archaeology
KW  - Biogeochemistry
Y1  - 2022
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/62784
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-627845
SN  - 2045-2322
VL  - 12
IS  - art. 8104
SP  - 1
EP  - 13
PB  - Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
CY  - [London]
ER  -