Nikolaus Rungius
Lifestyle and Status of an Early Seventeenth-Century Northern Finnish Vicar
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12038290 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiina Väre (0000-0002-6558-5359, University of Oulu, corresponding author), Sanna Lipkin (0000-0002-4736-208X, University of Helsinki), Jenni A Suomela (0000-0002-5070-5098, University of Oulu), Krista Vajanto (Aalto University) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 11-29 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-22 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Historical Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0440-9213 • E-ISSN: 2328-1103 |
| Publisher | Springer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s41636-020-00268-y |
| OpenAlex | W3093862440 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 41 |
Vicar Nikolaus Rungius’s (ca. 1560–1629) mummified remains have been the subject of research that has provided a wide variety of information on his life. This article examines the ways Rungius’s health and lifestyle highlight his status as a vicar, and this status is visible in his burial and funerary clothing. He was a relatively large man for his time. CT scans even include indications of certain conditions related to being overweight. Likewise, stable-isotope analyses of his nail keratin support the hypothesis that he was consuming a rather heavy, protein-rich diet. Given his status as the vicar of Kemi parish in northern Finland, he likely made sumptuous use of the rich local natural resources of fish, game, and domestic animals as part of his regular diet. In addition to his diet and health, the vicar’s high-quality clothes, while fragmentary, also open an avenue to extend the exploration of his social status and wealth
Archaeology · Art · Biology · Clothing · Fish · Geography · Library science · Subject (documents · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Computer Science · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · History · Paleopathology and ancient diseases
Growth, Maturation, and Physical Activity
Worldwide Variation in Human Growth
Stepwise enrichment of 15N along food chains
Serial analysis of stable nitrogen and carbon isotopes in hair
A procedure for identifying textile bast fibres using microscopy
Nitrogen and carbon isotopic composition of bone collagen from marine and terrestrial animals
Suspected tuberculosis in an early 17th-century northern Finnish mummy—A computed tomography case study
Economy and Society
Investigating the weaning process in past populations
Sugar Consumption, Dental Health and Foodways in Late Medieval Iin Hamina and Early Modern Oulu, Northern Finland
Stable Nitrogen Isotopes as Evidence for the Age of Weaning at the Angel Site
Computed tomography of mummified human remains in old Finnish churches, a case study
Historical Archaeology
Bones, buttons and buckles
The Archaeology of Class in Urban America
Diet and diversity at later medieval fishergate
Body mass prediction from stature and bi-iliac breadth in two high latitude populations, with application to earlier higher latitude humans
Weaning and infant mortality
The incidence of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis and social status correlations in Lithuanian skeletal materials
Dish and the monastic way of life
Longevity Among Hunter- Gatherers
The Anthropology of Food and Body
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Highly cited | No |