Dietary patterns and social structures in medieval Sigtuna, Sweden, as reflected in stable isotope values in human skeletal remains

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2689-2699

  Kjellström, Anna ^a   Storå, Jan ^a   Possnert, Göran ^b   Linderholm, Anna ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Diet; Radiocarbon; Sigtuna; Social status; Stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes

Indexed keywords

DIET; MEDIEVAL; NITROGEN ISOTOPE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SKELETAL REMAINS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 70349786469     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2009.08.007     Document Type: Article

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