Table 5 Summary statistics to compare δ13C and δ15N values of red deer for each isotopic zone at La Riera with contemporary results from the wider the wider Cantabrian Region sites of El Mirón (Cantabria)52, Kiputz IX (Gipuzkoa)48, Antoliñako Koba (Bizkaia)26 and La Paloma (Asturias)49, where data are available (see Supplementary SI6).
Archaeological site | δ13C values | δ15N values | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Isotope Zone | N | Mean | Min | Max | Range | 1σ | Mean | Min | Max | Range | 1σ | |
La Riera | 1 | 20 | −20.7 | −21.2 | −20.2 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 0.4 |
El Mirón | 16 | −20.3 | −20.7 | −19.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 1.8 | 0.4 | |
La Paloma | 6 | −20.3 | −20.5 | −20.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | |
Antoliñako Koba | 3 | −20.2 | −20.6 | −20.0 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Kiputz IX | 11 | −20.9 | −21.5 | −20.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 3.9 | 2.5 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 1.2 | |
La Riera | 2 | 21 | −20.8 | −21.3 | −20.0 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 0.5 |
El Mirón | 40 | −20.4 | −21.2 | −19.6 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 0.4 | |
Kiputz IX | 1 | −21.3 | — | — | — | — | 3.5 | — | — | — | — | |
Kiputz IX | 1 | −20.9 | — | — | — | — | 5.5 | — | — | — | — | |
La Riera | 3 | 7 | −20.2 | −20.8 | −19.7 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 |
El Mirón | 3 | −20.6 | −21.0 | −20.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 0.6 | |
La Riera | 4 | 14 | −21.1 | −21.5 | −20.8 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 |
El Mirón | 26 | −20.4 | −21.0 | −19.6 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 0.7 | |
Antoliñako Koba | 5 | −20.9 | −21.0 | −20.7 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 0.1 | 0.1 | |
Kiputz IX | 1 | −21.1 | — | — | — | — | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | |
La Riera | 5 | 7 | −21.1 | −21.6 | −20.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 4.1 | 2.4 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 1.0 |
El Mirón | 3 | −21.4 | −22.0 | −20.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | |
