Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses of the underclass at the colonial Cape of Good Hope in

2025-01-04 Classification：Archaeology Click()
Author：Cox, G; Sealy, J; Schrire, C; Morris, A

Article Title：Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic analyses of the underclass at the colonial Cape of Good Hope in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

Abstract：
Analysis of the stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio of burials in a colonial cemetery in Cape Town, South Africa, reveals life histories of the underclass there. We are able to distinguish foreign from local-born people, and to infer social status, specifically slavery, by linking bone chemistry and somatic modification. This is the first use of bone chemistry to reconstruct the life histories of a mixed population of diverse origin, buried in a cosmopolitan colonial city. As such, it may be used as a guide for future work in other colonial sites

Keywords: stable isotopes; dental modification; slavery

DOI: 10.1080/00438240120047645

Source：WORLD ARCHAEOLOGY

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