Detecting the medieval cod trade: a new method and first results

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 850-861

  Barrett, James ^a,b   Johnstone, Cluny ^b   Harland, Jennifer ^a,b   Van Neer, Wim ^c   Ervynck, Anton ^d   Makowiecki, Daniel ^e   Heinrich, Dirk ^f   Hufthammer, Anne Karin ^g   Enghoff, Inge Bødker ^h   Amundsen, Colin ⁱ   Christiansen, Jørgen Schou ^j   Jones, Andrew K G ^k,l   Locker, Alison ^m   Hamilton Dyer, Sheila ⁿ   Jonsson, Leif ^o   Lõugas, Lembi ^p   Roberts, Callum ^b   Richards, Michael ^q,r  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

^e NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^l YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m L'Ensoleillee   (France)

ⁿ Gothenburg Museum of Natural History ^*  (United Kingdom)

^o SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^p Institute of History   (Estonia)

^q MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^r DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cod; Europe; Fish trade; Middle Ages; Provenance; Stable isotopes; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; COMMERCIALIZATION; DETECTION METHOD; ECONOMIC HISTORY; FISH; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MEDIEVAL; MIDDLE AGES; PROVENANCE; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KATTEGAT; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 38949209134     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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