The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is a generalist, omnivorous predator that is often drawn to human environments, exploiting anthropogenic refuse. Foxes may have had little or significant economic importance for prehistoric human foragers, depending on the environmental, economic, and cultural context. Here we investigate human-fox interaction at the Late Holocene Uyak site (KOD-145) on Kodiak Island, Alaska. We apply zooarchaeological, taphonomic, and stable isotope analyses to the fox remains and find that complete animals were processed for meat and pelts and then discarded. Stable isotope results support foxes as omnivores eating in both the terrestrial and marine environments, and a comparison of archaeological and modern foxes show more dietary variability in ancient foxes. Together, these data suggest that the Uyak foxes were drawn to the village as a stable source of food subsidies, eating discarded marine and terrestrial resources, and consequently were embedded in human subsistence as sources of meat and raw materials.

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狐狸和人类在阿拉斯加州科迪亚克的全新世Uyak遗址

赤狐（Vulpes vulpes）是一种通体杂食性捕食者，经常被人为环境所吸引，利用人为垃圾。狐狸对史前人类的觅食者而言可能没有多少经济意义或具有重要的经济意义，具体取决于环境，经济和文化背景。在这里，我们调查了阿拉斯加科迪亚克岛上的全新世Uyak晚期站点（KOD-145）的人与狐互动。我们对狐狸的遗骸进行了动物考古学，昆虫学和稳定的同位素分析，发现完整的动物被加工成肉和兽皮，然后被丢弃。稳定的同位素结果支持狐狸作为杂食动物在陆地和海洋环境中的饮食，并且考古和现代狐狸的比较显示出古代狐狸的饮食变化更大。一起，