Diet and mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria: a study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes.
Diet and mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria: a study of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes.
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中世纪早期巴伐利亚的饮食和流动性：碳和氮稳定同位素的研究。
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2010
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2.8
通讯作者：
T. O’Connell
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作者：
Susanne E. Hakenbeck;Ellen McManus;H. Geisler;G. Grupe;T. O’Connell
本研究通过对饮食和相关埋葬实践的综合研究，探讨了中世纪早期巴伐利亚的流动模式。碳和氮同位素比分析的人骨样本从晚罗马墓地的Klettham和中世纪早期墓地Altenerding和Straubing-Bajuwarenstrasse。为了进行饮食比较，还分析了一个罗马晚期和三个中世纪早期定居点的动物骨骼样本。结果表明，平均饮食与内陆环境和相当有限的淡水或海洋资源保持一致。从罗马晚期到中世纪早期，饮食似乎没有发生重大变化。然而，在Altenerding的人口中，男女的饮食存在显著差异，这支持了妇女流动性更大的假设。此外，来自饮食异常值的同位素证据得到了“外国”墓葬品和做法的支持，例如人工头骨改造。这些结果揭示了碳和氮同位素分析有关迁移和流动性的问题的潜力。
This study investigates patterns of mobility in Early Medieval Bavaria through a combined study of diet and associated burial practice. Carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios were analyzed in human bone samples from the Late Roman cemetery of Klettham and from the Early Medieval cemeteries of Altenerding and Straubing-Bajuwarenstrasse. For dietary comparison, samples of faunal bone from one Late Roman and three Early Medieval settlement sites were also analyzed. The results indicate that the average diet was in keeping with a landlocked environment and fairly limited availability of freshwater or marine resources. The diet appears not to have changed significantly from the Late Roman to the Early Medieval period. However, in the population of Altenerding, there were significant differences in the diet of men and women, supporting a hypothesis of greater mobility among women. Furthermore, the isotopic evidence from dietary outliers is supported by "foreign" grave goods and practices, such as artificial skull modification. These results reveal the potential of carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis for questions regarding migration and mobility.