Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope inter‐ and intra‐individual dietary reconstruction from the late 14th to early 18th century site of Alytus, Lithuania

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ID8314957
AutoresKatie M Whitmore (0000-0003-4053-6179, Department of Anthropology Purdue University West Lafayette Indiana), Tosha L Dupras (0000-0001-8237-6850, Department of Anthropology University of Central Florida Orlando Florida, autor de correspondencia), Lana J Williams (0000-0002-1377-1272, Department of Anthropology University of Central Florida Orlando Florida), Raminta Skipitytė (0000-0002-2141-1859, Institute of Ecology, Nature Research Centre Vilnius Lithuania), John J Schultz (0000-0002-1280-1185, Department of Anthropology University of Central Florida Orlando Florida), Rimantas Jankauskas (0000-0001-7611-2576, Department of Anatomy, Histology, and Anthropology, Faculty of Medicine Vilnius University Vilnius Lithuania)
Año2019
Volumen168
Número2
Páginas279-291
Fecha de publicación2019-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1002/ajpa.23742
PMID30593657
OpenAlexW2907691488
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas39

OBJECTIVES: The Baltic region, particularly Lithuania, was a politically vibrant area of Eastern Europe during the medieval and early modern period. To better understand the diet of Lithuanians during the late 14th to early 18th century, we examine stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bone and dentin samples from the site of Alytus. We investigate possible dietary differences based on sex, age, and religious practice, as well as dietary changes throughout an individual's lifetime, within the broader European milieu. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was conducted on bone (n = 35) and dentin (n = 38) collagen samples from a total of 39 individuals buried in the cemetery at Alytus (late 14th to early 18th centuries). RESULTS: N values are not significantly different between bone and dentin, and did not vary by sex. DISCUSSION: The diet at Alytus was homogeneous between males and females and between tissue types. The lack of evidence indicating substantial consumption of fish is unexpected given widespread Catholic fasting practices and marine resource trade throughout Europe. Comparisons with other populations indicate that individuals from Alytus differ in diet from contemporaneous Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth elites. Comparison of the diets of non-elite individuals in the Eastern Baltic region also reveals dietary variability

Biology · Elite · Geography · Homogeneous · Isotope analysis · Isotopes of nitrogen · Lithuanian · Nitrogen · Political science · Sociology · Stable isotope ratio · δ13C · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Demography · Ecology · Isotope Analysis in Ecology · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies