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Part III: Carbon Isotopes in Archaeology

Profile of Saurq al-Hadid sediments with Loci labeled in white boxes. Hearths are located on the red line. Loci 7-9 are the deepest sediments below the lowest dotted line marking a stratigraphic boundary. Loci 6 & 3 is the lowest dotted line itself, a horizon that is dense with faunal remains. Locus 2 is a layer of clean Sand and Locus 4 is the uppermost layer of sediments and is an episode of intense metalworking (and is not associated with a radiometric date).

Table of 14C dates with d13C/12C data

AA # Operation Locus Lot Material d13C F F error14C age BP

14c error

AA84589 P1 3 7 charcoal -10.5 0.7024 0.0035 2,837 40

AA84590 P1 5 18 charcoal -10.5 0.7085 0.0035 2,768 39

AA84591 P1 5 19 charcoal -10.7 0.7047 0.0035 2,811 40

7 -9 6 & 3

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AA85670 P1 5 30 charcoal -10.8 0.7066 0.0041 2,790 46

AA84593 P1 6 39 charcoal -23.0 0.6479 0.0033 3,487 41

AA84594 P1 8 42 charcoal -11.4 0.6492 0.0032 3,471 40

AA84595 P1 8 43 charcoal -13.8 0.6380 0.0045 3,610 57

AA84597 H3 Hearth charcoal -10.8 0.6278 0.0075 3,740 96

AA84598 H4 Hearth charcoal -11.1 0.5836 0.0041 4,326 56

Supplementary d13C/12C data.

Identifier 1 d 13C/12C Section Number Point Locus1 -10.9981938 Section 1 1 42 -22.7313075 Section 1 2 43 -23.3636133 Section 1 3 44 -9.3947766 Section 1 4 45 -27.0313809 Section AA 1 46 -25.7844975 Section AB 1 47 -15.8192793 Section AC 1 58 -11.6610315 Section AC 2 1497 59 -10.9440243 Section AD 1 510 -10.3107336 Section AE 2 311 -10.4220273 Section AE 1 312 -11.4305649 Section AE 3 1496 713 -26.0701185 Section AF 1 714 -11.0385747 Section AG 1 915 -26.5389309 Section AG 2 9

OSL Dates

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Laboratory number Locus OSL age OSL errorUIC2476 7 3400 545UIC2480 9 3760 395UIC2481 6 2870 490UIC2477 2 2430 270

8. Use the d13C/12C ratios to determine what types of plants dominated the archaeological record for each locus. Write a paragraph describing your interpretations. Use the results from your radiocarbon lab results to create a chronology of landscape change. If we understand the environment to be drying over time, are there any surprising results?Refer to the publication below to interpret what types of plants each value Tykot, RH. 2004. Stable isotopes and diet: You are what you eat. Proceedings of the International School of Physics “Enrico Fermi” Course CLIV, M. Martini, M. Milazzo and M. Piacentini (Eds.) IOS Press, Amsterdam http://luna.cas.usf.edu/~rtykot/PR39%20-%20Enrico%20Fermi%20isotopes.pdf

If you want more information about Saruq al-Hadid, see the closing sections of the following publications:

2013 Herrmann, Jason T.*Three-Dimensional Mapping of Archaeological and Sedimentary Deposits with Ground-Penetrating Radar at Saruq al-Hadid, United Arab Emirates. Archaeological Prospection. 20(3):189–203. DOI: 10.1002/arp.1456

2012 Herrmann, Jason T., Jesse Casana and Hussein Suleiman Qandil*A Sequence of Inland Desert Settlement in the Oman Peninsula: 2008-2009 Excavations at Saruq al-Hadid, Dubai, U.A.E. Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy. 23/1: 50-69. DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2011.00349.x