Molecular and isotopic traces of cooking and consumption of fish at an Early Medieval manor site in eastern middle Sweden

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 773-780

  Olsson, Monika ^a   Isaksson, Sven ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Early Medieval period; Fish; Food culture; Lipid residues; Pottery use; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; DIET; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LIPID; MEDIEVAL; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PREHISTORIC; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; SKELETAL REMAINS; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 38349148943     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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