Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi
Abstract In this study we discuss the remains of reindeer skeletal elements found at two different snow patches at Varánjunnje and Gárránistjåhkkå situated in the National Park of Stuor Muorkke in northern Sweden. Unfortunately, glaciers and snow patches are melting; however, this offers a unique op...
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ftunivoulu:oai:oulu.fi:nbnfi-fe20231115146908 2023-12-17T10:47:32+01:00 Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi Fjellström, M. (Markus) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Aronsson, K.-Å. (Kjell-Åke) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) 2023 application/pdf http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe20231115146908 eng eng Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/756431/EU/Domestication in Action - Tracing Archaeological Markers of Human-Animal Interaction/DOMESTICATION info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copyright (c) 2023 Markus Fjellström, Anna-Kaisa Salmi, Kjell-Åke Aronsson, Kerstin Lidén. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ domesticated reindeer glacial archaeology osteology radiocarbon reindeer herding districts snow patches stable isotope analysis wild reindeer info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftunivoulu 2023-11-23T00:00:30Z Abstract In this study we discuss the remains of reindeer skeletal elements found at two different snow patches at Varánjunnje and Gárránistjåhkkå situated in the National Park of Stuor Muorkke in northern Sweden. Unfortunately, glaciers and snow patches are melting; however, this offers a unique opportunity to study the use of mountainous landscape in the past. Here we compare modern, historic and archaeological reindeer to Forest and Mountain Sámi reindeer herding districts. By using radiocarbon dating and osteological and stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S) we aim to study reindeer mobility and land use in the past. The results from the morphometric data, stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating from prehistoric and historic reindeer (n=40) show that there is very little variation over time in the diet of the reindeer retrieved from the snow patches. We also found that these reindeer must have grazed in different geographic areas. There was no correlation between age, gender, pathological changes and diet, and the castrated reindeer did not differ from other reindeer. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Sweden Jultika - University of Oulu repository |
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domesticated reindeer glacial archaeology osteology radiocarbon reindeer herding districts snow patches stable isotope analysis wild reindeer Fjellström, M. (Markus) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Aronsson, K.-Å. (Kjell-Åke) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi |
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Abstract In this study we discuss the remains of reindeer skeletal elements found at two different snow patches at Varánjunnje and Gárránistjåhkkå situated in the National Park of Stuor Muorkke in northern Sweden. Unfortunately, glaciers and snow patches are melting; however, this offers a unique opportunity to study the use of mountainous landscape in the past. Here we compare modern, historic and archaeological reindeer to Forest and Mountain Sámi reindeer herding districts. By using radiocarbon dating and osteological and stable isotope analysis (δ13C, δ15N and δ34S) we aim to study reindeer mobility and land use in the past. The results from the morphometric data, stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating from prehistoric and historic reindeer (n=40) show that there is very little variation over time in the diet of the reindeer retrieved from the snow patches. We also found that these reindeer must have grazed in different geographic areas. There was no correlation between age, gender, pathological changes and diet, and the castrated reindeer did not differ from other reindeer. |
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Article in Journal/Newspaper |
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Fjellström, M. (Markus) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Aronsson, K.-Å. (Kjell-Åke) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) |
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Fjellström, M. (Markus) Salmi, A.-K. (Anna-Kaisa) Aronsson, K.-Å. (Kjell-Åke) Lidén, K. (Kerstin) |
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Fjellström, M. (Markus) |
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Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi |
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Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi |
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Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi |
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Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi |
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Reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in Swedish Sápmi |
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reindeer retrieved from melting snow patches reveal information on prehistoric landscape use in swedish sápmi |
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Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences |
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2023 |
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Northern Sweden |
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Northern Sweden |
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Copyright (c) 2023 Markus Fjellström, Anna-Kaisa Salmi, Kjell-Åke Aronsson, Kerstin Lidén. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ |
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