This study investigates the relationship between monumental funerary structures, social organizations, and diets in Middle Neolithic France. Focusing on the Cerny culture based in the Paris Basin region, we analysed and compared bone collagen stable carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotope values of 113 individuals from three different types of Cerny cemeteries: the Passy type (Cerny STP), slab burials (Cerny Slab), and burials without major superstructure (Cerny Flat). Published stable isotopic data from one other Cerny Flat and two contemporaneous non-Cerny cemeteries (n = 140), together with new and published faunal isotopic data (n = 267) from across six different river valleys in the region are also included in the analysis. The results of this study have shown that (1) the Cerny diet was likely rich in animal protein; (2) comparing to all other cemetery types, Cerny STP sites were considerably homogenous isotopically and culturally, and (3) individuals buried in aberrant funerary arrangements tend to have outlying isotopic compositions, suggesting strong correlations between diets and burial practices. Interestingly, as oppose to the distinctly sex-related funerary arrangements, no obvious pattern can be observed in the isotopic compositions between males and females in Cerny cemeteries.

这项研究调查了新石器时代中期法国不朽的丧葬结构、社会组织和饮食之间的关系。我们以巴黎盆地地区的 Cerny 文化为重点，分析和比较了来自三种不同类型 Cerny 墓地的 113 个人的骨胶原稳定碳、氮和硫同位素值：Passy 型 (Cerny STP)、板葬 (Cerny STP)板）和没有主要上层建筑的墓葬（Cerny Flat）。来自另一个塞尔尼平原和两个同期非塞尔尼墓地 (n = 140) 的已发布稳定同位素数据，以及来自该地区六个不同河谷的新的和已发布的动物群同位素数据 (n = 267) 也包括在分析中. 这项研究的结果表明：（1）Cerny 饮食可能富含动物蛋白；(2) 与所有其他墓地类型相比，Cerny STP 遗址在同位素和文化上相当同质，并且 (3) 埋葬在异常葬礼安排中的个体往往具有偏远的同位素组成，这表明饮食和埋葬习惯之间存在很强的相关性。有趣的是，与明显与性别相关的丧葬安排相反，在塞尔尼墓地的男性和女性之间的同位素组成中没有观察到明显的模式。