Download or read book Reconstructing Southeast Iberian Copper Age Mobility written by Courtney Merner and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study is the first application of strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope analysis to identify human mobility patterns during the southeast Iberian Copper Age (3100-2200 BCE). Human (n = 93) and faunal (n = 23) tooth enamel were sampled from the site of Camino del Molino (Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia, Spain), a dense communal burial pit in continuous use during cal. 2800-2400 BCE. Results show twelve human individuals and two of the fauna, an ovicaprid and a canid, are likely migrants to the burial area, exhibiting 87Sr/86Sr values higher than the fauna-defined local biologically available Sr isotope range (0.7064-0.7107). The identified non-locals were all adults and included both females and males. These migrant individuals were found throughout the burial, however, the number of migrants were highest in the upper most levels. The local male population had a greater Sr isotope variation in comparison to the local female population, which supports a gendered division of mobility. Inter-site comparison within the Iberian Peninsula showed the local biologically available 87Sr/86Sr values at the sites La Pijotilla and Perdigões from the Ossa-Morena Zone had comparable 87Sr/86Sr ratios with the majority of non-local Camino del Molino individuals and, potentially, reflect a transhumant pastoral orbit between these two regions. The Sr isotope results endorse transhumance as an important economic practice at Camino del Molino. Overall, this research supports potential wide ranging networks between Iberian Copper Age communities.