Integrating isotopes and documentary evidence: Dietary patterns in a late medieval and early modern mining community, Sweden

Ylva Bäckström, Jan Mispelaere, Anne Ingvarsson-Sundström, Markus Fjellström, Kate Britton

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Sammanfattning

This study explores the relationship between dietary patterns and social structure in a pre-industrial mining community in Salberget, Sweden c. 1470 to 1600 A.D. using a combination of different research approaches and tools, including archaeology, osteology, bone chemistry and history.
The correlation between demographic criteria (sex and age) and archaeological variables (burial type and burial location) shows that Salberget was a highly stratified community. Group diets were investigated through analyses of stable isotopes (carbon, δ13C, and nitrogen, δ15N) of bone collagen from a sub-sample of individuals buried at the site (n = 67), interpreted alongside data from human dental lesions and deficiencies, animal bone waste and information on eating habits extracted from the extensive historical documents regarding
mining activities at Salberget. These integrated analyses provide a clear association between social status and diet and confirm that social status, and to a lesser extent sex, gender and age, likely governed food choice and opportunity in this diverse community.
Originalspråkengelska
Sidor (från-till)2075-2094
TidskriftArchaeological and Anthropological Sciences
Volym10
Nummer8
Tidigt onlinedatum2017 juli 12
DOI
StatusPublished - 2018 dec.

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Arkeologi

Fria nyckelord

  • Late medieval/early modern
  • Preindustrial
  • Identities
  • Diet
  • Documentary sources
  • Bioarchaeology
  • Isotopes
  • Zooarchaeology
  • Dental palaeopathology

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