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SUMMARY:Reconstructing post-marital residence with strontium isotopes in t
 he Later Stone Age in northern Malawi - Stanley H. Ambrose\, University of
  Illinois
DTSTART:20231013T121500Z
DTEND:20231013T130000Z
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CONTACT:Anna Mika
DESCRIPTION:*Abstract:*\n\nAdvances in understanding of female skeletal re
 productive biology and physiology can contribute to more realistic reconst
 ructions of post-marital residence (PMR) patterns with strontium isotopes 
 of tooth enamel. Clinical research on lead isotopes shows that in teeth fo
 rmed prior to weaning\, up to half the lead is derived from the maternal s
 keleton. If similar amounts of strontium are transferred\, then pre-weanin
 g teeth (e.g.\, M1 and M2) may combine the strontium isotopic composition 
 of the area where the maternal skeleton was formed plus the maternal diet 
 in the area occupied during lactation. Only post-weaning enamel (e.g.\, M3
 ) may reflect the isotopic composition of an individual's post-weaning to 
 sub-adult home range. Assuming childbearing begins in the PM home range\, 
 then analysis of pre- and post-weaning enamel should reveal whether an ind
 ividual’s mother was born locally (matrilocal PMR) or moved to a new loc
 ation before reproduction (patrilocal or neolocal PMR). Analysis of M1\, M
 2 and M3 of two individuals buried in a rockshelter on Mt. Hora\, Malawi\,
  located in the center of our strontium isoscape survey area\, suggest pat
 rilocal or neolocal PMR for these individuals.\n\n*Co-Hosts: Pitt-Rivers A
 rchaeological Science & African\nArchaeology*\n
LOCATION:McDonald Institute Seminar Room\, Department of Archaeology
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