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The Truth of Unusual Deaths under Military Expansion: Evidence from the Stable Isotopes of a Human Skull Ditch in the Capital City of the Early Shang Dynasty.

Fang Fang, Jingwen Liao, Xiaomin Zeng, Juzhong Zhang

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Article in Genes, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Fang FangDepartment for the History of Science and Scientific Archaeology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
Jingwen LiaoDepartment of Archaeological Sciences, Faculty of Archaeology, Leiden University, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-1471-2204
Xiaomin ZengHenan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology, Zhengzhou 450004, China.
Juzhong ZhangDepartment for the History of Science and Scientific Archaeology, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China.
University of Science and Technology of China · CNHenan Provincial Institute of Cultural Heritage and Archaeology · CNLeiden University · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The site of Zhengzhou Shang City (ca. 1509-1315 cal. BC) was the capital of the early Shang Dynasty in China. Archaeological excavations have unearthed a ditch containing approximately one hundred unusual dead human skulls in the rammed-earth foundations of the palace area. The identity and origin of the skulls have long been disputed. In this work, strontium, carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analyses were carried out on 11 human skulls and 1 tooth from the ditch, as well as on 11 human bones, 11 human teeth from the ordinary tombs and 10 pig teeth from the Zhengzhou Shang City site. We determined that, in Zhengzhou Shang City, the local strontium isotope ratio ranges from 0.711606 to 0.711884, and ordinary inhabitants consumed mainly C

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Military PersonnelToothAnimalsArchaeologyHumansIsotopesSkullSwineIsotopesbiological archaeologyhuman skullisotope analysisprisoner of warShang Dynastyviolence and warfareZhengzhou Shang City

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