@article{dbab38268bbe4bf1b52937cab4858032,
title = "Stable dietary isotopes and mtDNA from Woodland period southern Ontario people: Results from a tooth sampling protocol",
abstract = "Bioarchaeological research must balance scholarly commitment to the generation of new knowledge, descendants' interests in their collective past, and the now common practice of rapid re-interment of excavated human remains. This paper documents the first results of a negotiated protocol built on the retention of one tooth per archaeologically derived skeleton, teeth that can then be used for destructive testing associated with ancient DNA and stable isotope investigations. Seven archaeological sites dating from the 13th to 16th centuries provided 53 teeth, 10 of which were subdivided between DNA and isotope labs. All tooth roots yielded haplogroup results, and five provided more detailed sequence results. Stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen document heavy reliance on maize among all individuals, as well as reliance on a diverse range of fish. This work establishes baseline mtDNA information for Northern Iroquoians, and confirms the value of using dental tissues for dietary reconstruction. Particularly when human remains are fragmentary or co-mingled, this approach holds promise for ongoing incorporation of bioarchaeology into reconstructions of past peoples' lives.",
keywords = "Bioarchaeology, Bone and tooth chemistry, Carbon isotopes, Dentin, Enamel, Fisheries, Genetic diversity, Iroquois, Late Woodland, Mitochondrial DNA, Molecular anthropology, Nitrogen isotopes, Ontario archaeology, Palaeodiet",
author = "Susan Pfeiffer and Williamson, \{Ronald F.\} and Sealy, \{Judith C.\} and Smith, \{David G.\} and Snow, \{Meradeth H.\}",
note = "Funding Information: The Huron-Wendat Nation of Wendake, Quebec and the Six Nations of the Grand River, Oshwekan, Ontario, provided written consent for the retention of tooth samples and subsequent analyses. The collection, management and documentation of the samples, both human and deer, was provided by Dr. Crystal Forrest. We thank all the staff and faculty associated with the short course in principles and practice of stable light isotopes, offered by the Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Cape Town. We acknowledge the hard work and intellectual contributions of students Arden Azim, Michelle Cameron, L. Elizabeth Doyle, Anne Drury, Heather Kristjanson, Stephen McIsaac and Magdalena Sobol, all participants in the University of Toronto Science Abroad program. In the UCT laboratory, Vincent Hare, John Lanham and Ian Newton supervised the isotope analyses. Grants from the National Research Foundation of South Africa and the University of Cape Town contributed to laboratory costs. The ancient DNA work was supported by the National Science Foundation (MHS; BCS-08-50311 ). We offer special thanks to Dr. Beth Shook for providing comparative sequence data for analysis.",
year = "2014",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1016/j.jas.2013.11.008",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "334--345",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
issn = "0305-4403",
publisher = "Elsevier Inc.",
number = "1",
}