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@article{item_3373671,
title = {{Temporal and spatial variability of prehistoric aquatic resource procurement: a case study from Mesolithic Northern Iberia}},
author = {Milano, Stefania and Sch{\"o}ne, Bernd R. and Gonz{\'a}lez-Morales, Manuel R. and Guti{\'e}rrez-Zugasti, Igor},
language = {eng},
issn = {2045-2322},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-022-07239-8},
publisher = {Nature Publishing Group},
address = {London, UK},
year = {2022},
abstract = {{Prehistoric shell middens hold valuable evidence of past human{\textendash}environment interactions. In this study, we used carbon ($\delta$13C) and oxygen ($\delta$18O) stable isotopes of Mytilus galloprovincialis shells excavated from El Perro, La Fragua and La Chora, three Mesolithic middens in Cantabria, Northern Spain, to examine hunter-gatherer subsistence strategies in terms of seasonality and collection areas. Furthermore, we used shell $\delta$18O to reconstruct water temperature during the early Holocene. Stable isotopes reveal a shellfish harvesting diversification trend represented by the gradual establishment of the upper estuaries as new procurement areas and an increase of harvesting mobility in both coastal and in-land sites. These innovations in subsistence strategies during the Mesolithic coincided with major changes in the surrounding environment as attested by the water temperature reconstructions based on $\delta$18O and backed by several global and regional records. Overall, our results show that shell $\delta$13C and $\delta$18O stable isotopes have an underexplored potential as provenance proxies which stimulates their application to the archaeological record to further understand prehistoric human resource procurement and diet.}},
journal = {{Scientific Reports}},
volume = {12},
eid = {3111},
}