The grasshopper or the ant?: cultigen-use strategies in ancient Nubia from C-13 analyses of human hair

Sections of human hair from naturally desiccated Sudanese Nubian mummies representing X-Group (AD 350–550) and Christian (AD 550–1300) periods in the Wadi Halfa area were analysed by Journal of Archaeological Science, 20 (1993) 657. These data can be interpreted in terms of a model of annual variation of food consumption that apparently remained stable for more than 1000 years. The diet oscillated annually between consumption of 75% C3foods …