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- Title
STRONTIUM ISOTOPES IDENTIFY LOCALS AND NON-LOCALS AT CA-SCL-919 AND CA-SCL-928 IN MILPITAS, CALIFORNIA.
- Authors
EERKENS, JELMER W.; HAROLD, LAURA; PEREZ, KATHERINE; MURGA, ENGEL; KAIJANKOSKI, PHILIP; ROSENTHAL, JEFFREY S.; GREENWALD, ALEXANDRA M.
- Abstract
We present new strontium isotope data from 14 individuals buried at CA-SCL-919, a Late Phase II site, and three individuals from CA-SCL-928, a Middle Holocene site, in Milpitas, California. Results show that migration and mobility patterns vary between the two sites, pointing to differences in landscape use over time. In particular, data reveal that 80% of the individuals at CA-SCL-919 were immigrants to the site, having been born and living their teenage years in a range of different locations. All immigrants date to a narrow window of time, at approximately 400 cal BP, marking the beginnings of the cemetery component of the site, and presumably, the origins of a permanent village at this location. As such, the data may provide insight into how new villages form in Central California.
- Subjects
STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM isotopes; VILLAGES; IMMIGRANTS; LANDSCAPES
- Publication
Proceedings of the Society for California Archaeology, 2016, Vol 30, p281
- ISSN
0897-0947
- Publication type
Article