Interpreting the expansion of sea fishing in medieval Europe using stable isotope analysis of archaeological cod bones

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1516-1524

  Barrett, James H ^a   Orton, David ^a   Johnstone, Cluny ^b   Harland, Jennifer ^a   Van Neer, Wim ^c,d   Ervynck, Anton ^e   Roberts, Callum ^b   Locker, Alison ^f   Amundsen, Colin ^g   Enghoff, Inge Bødker ^h   Hamilton Dyer, Sheila ⁱ   Heinrich, Dirk ^j   Hufthammer, Anne Karin ^k   Jones, Andrew K G ^l   Jonsson, Leif ^m   Makowiecki, Daniel ⁿ   Pope, Peter ^o   O'Connell, Tamsin C ^a   de Roo, Tessa ^a   Richards, Michael ^p,q  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e Flemish Heritage Institute   (Belgium)

^f Edifici L'Ingla   (Andorra)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^h UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁱ University of Copenhagen ^*  (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^l YORK ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^m SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

ⁿ NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^o MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^p UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^q MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Cod; Economic intensification; Middle ages; Stable isotopes; Trade; Urbanism

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; COMMERCIAL SPECIES; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; FISHING; GADOID FISHERY; GLOBALIZATION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MEDIEVAL; MIDDLE AGES; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRADE; URBAN AREA;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENGLAND; ICELAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; NORTH SEA; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ORKNEY; SCOTLAND; SHETLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 79956157572     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2011.02.017     Document Type: Article

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