PALAEO-DIETARY RECONSTRUCTION OF PREHISTORIC SETTLEMENT OF DISPILIO IN KASTORIA, NORTHERN GREECE

摘要

The prehistoric lake settlement of Dispilio located in Northern Greece at the southern part of Kastoria Lake about 7Km south of Kastoria town. Among the findings of the excavations except tools a significant quantity of animal bones remains were found. The stable isotope analysis of animal tissues is an established method to get into palaeoecological information (Dotsika et al., 2011). Therefore stable isotope analysis of carbon (δ~(13)C) in fossil bone and teeth related to Dispilio archaeological site was performed as it constitutes a reliable technique to reconstruct palaeodietary habits.The isotope analysis was performed in Stable Isotope Unit, Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, NCSR Demokritos, Greece with respect to the international standards and analytical precision about 0.1%o for δ~(13)C results. In total 37 bone and teeth samples (M1, M2, M3, P2, P3 types) were subjected to established protocols in order to isolate the pure isotopic signal from bio-apatite [Ca_9((PO_4)_(4.5)(CO_3)_(1.5)OH_(1.5)] extraction. All the samples had prior been subjected to elemental microanalysis spectrometer with energy dispersive X-ray (Energy Dispersive X-ray, EDX) in a scanning electron microscope (Scanning Electron Microscopy, SEM) in order to detect possible diagenetic episodes that could be responsible for altered isotopic signals.