Table 3.
Nitrogen stable isotope values of samples from human and faunal remains with diet spacing (Δ15N) compared between Pınarbaşı (Epipaleolithic and ninth millennium cal BC), Boncuklu and Çatalhöyük
| Species or taxon | Pınarbaşı Epipaleolithic δ15N ‰ | Δ15N diet-human | Pınarbaşı ninth millenium cal BC δ15N ‰ | Δ15N diet-human | Boncuklu Höyük δ15N ‰ | Δ15N diet-human | Çatalhöyük δ15N ‰ | Δ15N diet-human |
| Humans | 14.8 (n = 2) | — | 11.8 (n = 4) | — | 12.3 (n = 12) | — | 12.7 (n = 68) | — |
| Bos sp. | 9.4 (n = 2) | 5.4 | 9.8 (n = 5) | 2.0 | 9.3 (n = 24) | 3 | 9.8 (n = 79) | 2.9 |
| Sus sp. | — | — | — | — | 7.4 (n = 7) | 4.9 | 8.0 (n = 28) | 4.7 |
| Caprines | 7.1 (n = 22) | 7.7 | 7 (n = 10) | 4.8 | 9.6 (n = 6) | 2.7 | 9.6 (n = 176) | 3 |