{"id":3607,"date":"2020-03-27T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/?p=3607"},"modified":"2021-10-04T18:49:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:49:34","slug":"publication_2020_03","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/en\/publication_2020_03\/","title":{"rendered":"Publication: Iron Age agricultural reliance in the Central African rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3607\" class=\"elementor elementor-3607\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-366a724 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"366a724\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78e9881\" data-id=\"78e9881\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0addc68 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0addc68\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42003-020-01324-2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"229\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/10\/Wotzka-et-al-229x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2267\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/10\/Wotzka-et-al-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2020\/10\/Wotzka-et-al.jpg 612w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5523cc9\" data-id=\"5523cc9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32bf194 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32bf194\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>PAPER &#8211; in collaboration with Project 10 &#8211; Archaeology and Paleoecology in the Inner Congo Basin\n<\/strong>\n<br><br>\nM. Bleasdale\/H.-P. Wotzka et al., <em>Isotopic and microbotanical insights into Iron Age agriculture reliance in the Central African rainforest<\/em>, Communications Biology 3, Article number 619, 2020.\n<br><br>\n<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s42003-020-01324-2\">Link<\/a><\/strong>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc7c4ea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc7c4ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71cf1e8\" data-id=\"71cf1e8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e157d1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e157d1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong> (source: nature.com):<\/p><p>The emergence of agriculture in Central Africa has previously been associated with the migration of Bantu-speaking populations during an anthropogenic or climate-driven \u2018opening\u2019 of the rainforest. However, such models are based on assumptions of environmental requirements of key crops (e.g. <i>Pennisetum glaucum<\/i>) and direct insights into human dietary reliance remain absent. Here, we utilise stable isotope analysis (\u03b4<sup>13<\/sup>C, \u03b4<sup>15<\/sup>N, \u03b4<sup>18<\/sup>O) of human and animal remains and charred food remains, as well as plant microparticles from dental calculus, to assess the importance of incoming crops in the Congo Basin. Our data, spanning the early Iron Age to recent history, reveals variation in the adoption of cereals, with a persistent focus on forest and freshwater resources in some areas. These data provide new dietary evidence and document the longevity of mosaic subsistence strategies in the region.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-544373a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"544373a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8bf30e1\" data-id=\"8bf30e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7bd00bc elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"7bd00bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/en\/publications-new\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Further publications<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc8ffa7\" data-id=\"dc8ffa7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0da2c3 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c0da2c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/entangled-africa\/en\/p10-congo-basin-en\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">The project<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The emergence of agriculture in Central Africa has previously been associated with the migration of Bantu-speaking populations during an anthropogenic or climate-driven \u2018opening\u2019 of the rainforest. 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