Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado

Garcia Guixé, E.; Richards, M.P.; Subira, M.E.

doi:10.1086/504170

Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado

Garcia Guixé, E.; Richards, M.P.; Subira, M.E.

Authors

E. Garcia Guixé

M.P. Richards

M.E. Subira

Abstract

The first human stable isotope results from the Spanish Levant, from the Mesolithic (ca. 7500 BP, Mesolithic IIIA phase) site of El Collado (near Oliva, Valencia) provide evidence for the consumption of marine protein by humans, estimated at approximately 25% of the dietary protein for some individuals. Isotopic analysis of human remains from other coastal Mesolithic sites in Europe, particularly along the Atlantic coast, also shows significant consumption of marine foods, but the amount of marine food consumed by the El Collado humans was much less than at those sites. This may be because of a different dietary adaptation or because the Mediterranean is much less productive than the Atlantic.

Citation

Garcia Guixé, E., Richards, M., & Subira, M. (2006). Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado. Current Anthropology, 47(3), 549-556. https://doi.org/10.1086/504170

Journal Article Type	Article
Publication Date	Jun 1, 2006
Deposit Date	Jul 14, 2009
Publicly Available Date	Jul 22, 2009
Journal	Current Anthropology
Print ISSN	0011-3204
Electronic ISSN	1537-5382
Publisher	The University of Chicago Press
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	47
Issue	3
Pages	549-556
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1086/504170