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http://dx.doi.org/10.12654/JCS.2016.32.2.07

Inferring Animal Husbandry Practice in the Baekje Period using Stable Isotope Analysis of Animal Bones from the Pungnaptoseong Fortress  

Choe, Hyeon Goo (Conservation Science Division, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Shin, Ji Young (Conservation Science Division, National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
Han, Ji Sun (Jungwon National Research Institute of Cultural Heritage)
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Journal of Conservation Science / v.32, no.2, 2016 , pp. 179-188 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper presents a new information on animal husbandry practice in the Baekje period using stable isotope analysis of 17 animal bones excavated from the Pungnaptoseong Fortress. Stable carbon isotope evidence implies that wild animals such as deer and pigs had mainly $C_3$-based diet whereas domestic cattle and horses might have consumed more $C_4$ plants. In addition, we propose one potential that domestic pigs show higher nitrogen isotope values in comparison with wild boar because they were possibly fed by humans.
Keywords
Animal bone; Bone collagen; Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes; Baekje Period; Animal husbandry; Pungnaptoseong Fortress;
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