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The Burmese hare as a palaeoecological indicator: A stable isotope analysis from archaeological sites in Thailand
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Although abundant in
mainland southeast Asian landscapes, the Burmese hare, Lepus peguensis, is
rare in the paleozoological record: only 49 specimens of this cryptic species
have been recovered from archaeological contexts and virtually none from
paleontological deposits. Due to this rarity, little is known about the hare in
prehistory, despite the fact that it may, like other leporid taxa, provide
valuable paleoecological information. In this paper, we present a pilot dataset
of stable isotope values for the Burmese hare. We sampled five specimens from
two late prehistoric archaeological sites in Thailand, Non Nok Tha and the Bang
Site, as well as one 20th century biological sample. The variation seen in our
pilot results demonstrates the value of stable isotope analyses of Burmese hare
remains as a potential ecological indicator and highlights a promising avenue
for future research. We advocate searching for more hares in the
paleozoological record to better explore both anthropogenic and climatic change
in mainland Southeast Asia.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4876383
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