δ13C values in archaeological 14C-AMS dated charcoals: assessing mid-Holocene climate fluctuations and human response from a high-resolution isotope record (Arslantepe, Turkey)
Rationale: Past climate has always influenced human adaptation to the environment.
In order to reconstruct palaeoclimate fluctuations and their role in the evolution of Near
Eastern societies during the mid‐Holocene, high‐resolution Δ13C records from fossil
wood remains at the archaeoloical site of Arslantepe (eastern Turkey) have been
developed.
Methods: After chemical treatment, δ13C values were measured by sample
combustion flow using a FLASH EA‐CHNS instrument interfaced with a Delta V isotope