Isotopic insights into the early Medieval (600–1100 CE) diet in the Luistari cemetery at Eura, Finland
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7662608 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heli Etu-Sihvola (0000-0001-6669-797X, Finnish Museum of Natural History, corresponding author), Kati Salo (0000-0002-4357-0092, University of Helsinki), Y I Naito (0000-0002-8662-7765, Nagoya University), M Kytökari (Finnish Museum of Natural History), Naohiko Ohkouchi (0000-0002-6355-7469, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), Markku Oinonen (0000-0002-0881-7643, Finnish Museum of Natural History), Volker Heyd (0000-0002-0889-6513, University of Helsinki), Laura Arppe (0000-0003-4445-6096, Finnish Museum of Natural History) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1866-9557 • E-ISSN: 1866-9565 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s12520-022-01613-3 |
| OpenAlex | W4286631364 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 118 |
In this article, we present the results of an isotopic study of diet for the early medieval (Merovingian, Viking, Early Christian) humans buried in the unique Luistari cemetery at Eura (ca. 600–1400 CE), southwestern Finland, the largest cemetery of the region. Isotope analysis was conducted on 37 humans for dentine and bone collagen (δ 13 C, δ 15 N, and δ 34 S), and five of them were also studied using compound-specific nitrogen isotope analysis. Dental enamel and/or bone carbonate δ 13 C values were studied from altogether 65 humans, five cattle, and five sheep/goats. The bone and dentine collagen and carbonate data show that throughout the centuries, freshwater fish was a stable part of the diet for the population. Our results do not show systematic dietary differences between estimated males and females, but differences can be large on the individual level. We also discovered a possible temporal change in the enamel carbonate ẟ 13 C values that could be related to the increasing role of carbohydrates (e.g., crops) in the diet. Luistari burials are well comparable to contemporary Swedish Viking trading communities like Birka in their higher protein intake. But contrary to the wider Viking network, they do not show the same marine signal
Archaeology · Biology · Carbonate · Enamel paint · Geography · Isotope analysis · Population · Stable isotope ratio · δ13C · δ15N · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Demography · Dentistry · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Ecology
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| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |