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Journal Articles by Tad Brown

Research paper thumbnail of Provisioning an Urban Economy: Isotopic Perspectives on Landscape Use and Animal Sourcing on the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Isotopic evidence from animal bones deposited in urban contexts offers a landscape perspective in... more Isotopic evidence from animal bones deposited in urban contexts offers a landscape perspective into urban life, hinting at where animals lived before reaching their final resting place in the city. Here, we use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence from cattle (Bos taurus) bones excavated from commercial and residential sites within historic Charleston, South Carolina, to evaluate whether markets pooled or segregated access to beef cattle drawn into the urban economy from the broader landscape. Results indicate that stable isotope values of cattle are varied, suggesting a broad catchment area, and differ significantly among site contexts, offering preliminary evidence regarding the roles markets played in integrating the surrounding landscape through market exchange.
KEYWORDS: Zooarchaeology, stable isotope analysis, historical archaeology, urban provisioning

Papers by Tad Brown

Research paper thumbnail of Long in the Horn: An Agricultural Anthropology of Livestock Improvement

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 2014

Research paper thumbnail of Provisioning an Urban Economy: Isotopic Perspectives on Landscape Use and Animal Sourcing on the Atlantic Coastal Plain

Isotopic evidence from animal bones deposited in urban contexts offers a landscape perspective in... more Isotopic evidence from animal bones deposited in urban contexts offers a landscape perspective into urban life, hinting at where animals lived before reaching their final resting place in the city. Here, we use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope evidence from cattle (Bos taurus) bones excavated from commercial and residential sites within historic Charleston, South Carolina, to evaluate whether markets pooled or segregated access to beef cattle drawn into the urban economy from the broader landscape. Results indicate that stable isotope values of cattle are varied, suggesting a broad catchment area, and differ significantly among site contexts, offering preliminary evidence regarding the roles markets played in integrating the surrounding landscape through market exchange.
KEYWORDS: Zooarchaeology, stable isotope analysis, historical archaeology, urban provisioning

Research paper thumbnail of Long in the Horn: An Agricultural Anthropology of Livestock Improvement

Culture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, 2014