Comportements alimentaires au Moyen Âge à Grenoble : application de la biogéochimie isotopique à la nécropole Saint-Laurent (XIIIe–XVe siècles, Isère, France)

Herrscher, Estelle; Bocherens, Hervé; Valentin, Frédérique; Colardelle, Renée

doi:10.1016/s0764-4469(01)01316-6

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“…Average values for humans and herbivores can be seen in d N bivores in hot climates can be much higher than those in more temperate environments (e.g., in Egypt [Schwarcz, Dupras, and Fairgrieve 1999] and Turkey ). However, the El Collado herbivore average value is 5.6 15 d N ‫ע‬ 0.4‰, which is very similar to that observed for herbivores in other areas of Holocene Europe (e.g., Polet and Katzenberg 2003;Herrscher et al 2001;Richards 2000). Therefore, we can interpret the human values as indicators of the 15 d N sources of terrestrial protein, with an end point of approximately 6‰ indicating a 100% plant protein diet and an end point of 10‰ indicating a 100% animal (herbivore) protein diet.…”

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Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado

Guixé

Richards

Subirà³

2006

Current Anthropology

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Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado

Guixé

Richards

Subirà³

2006

Current Anthropology

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“…There are several isotopic studies that have reported social variation within Christian burial populations as reflected in the diet of the deceased, for varying reasons (Mays, 1997;Richards et al, 1998;Herrscher et al, 2001;Polet and Katzenberg, 2003;M€ uldner and Richards, 2007;Kjellstr€ om et al, 2009;M€ uldner et al, 2009;Yoder, 2012). In the case of Aalst, we suggest that increased consumption of animal products, including marine foods, was primarily related to wealth and status during this period (see van Dam, 2009).…”

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confidence: 63%

Isotopic examination of links between diet, social differentiation, and DISH at the post‐medieval Carmelite Friary of Aalst, Belgium

Quintelier

Ervynck

Müldner

et al. 2013

American J Phys Anthropol

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Stable isotope ratios (δ(13) C and δ(15) N) were measured in human burials from the post-medieval (16th-18th c. AD) Carmelite friary burial grounds at Aalst, a town in Flanders, Belgium. Dietary patterns of 39 adult individuals were analyzed, from a mixed monastic and lay population buried in three different locations, reflecting groups with differing social status. The data show significant variation in the consumption of perhaps meat, but certainly also marine protein between females and males. This result represents a remarkable continuity with medieval dietary patterns, suggesting that the social and economic changes of the early modern period had a limited effect on everyday life. When both sexes were examined together, individuals buried in the cloister garth consumed significantly less marine protein compared to people buried in the church, likely reflecting social stratification. No statistical differences were observed between isotopic values from the church and the cloister alley, suggesting a similarly diverse diet of the monastic part of the buried population and that of the richer lay population. Finally, the hypothesis that diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is linked to a diet rich in animal protein was tested. No systematic or statistically significant differences between pathological and non-pathological bones from the same individuals affected with DISH were observed, and no statistical differences were found between individuals with DISH and individuals without DISH.

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“…Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis of archaeological bone collagen has been widely used for dietary reconstruction of medieval populations (e.g., Bocherens et al, 1991;Mays, 1997;Richards et al, 1998;Herrscher et al, 2001;Herrscher, 2003;Polet and Katzenberg, 2003;Mü ldner and Richards, 2005;Richards et al, 2006;Mü ldner and Richards, 2007a,b;Salamon et al, 2008;Garvie-Lok, 2009;Rutgers et al, 2009). The methodology, covered by numerous review articles (e.g., Katzenberg, 2008;Lee-Thorp, 2008), is based on the principle that the isotopic composition of an individual's tissues reflects that of the foods consumed.…”

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Reconstructing the diets of Greek Byzantine populations (6th-15th centuries AD) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios

Bourbou

Fuller

Garvie‐Lok

et al. 2011

Am. J. Phys. Anthropol.

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Documentary evidence and artistic representations have traditionally served as the primary sources of information about Byzantine diet. According to these sources, Byzantine diet was based on grain (primarily wheat and barley), oil, and wine, supplemented with legumes, dairy products, meat, and marine resources. Here, we synthesize and compare the results of stable isotope ratio analyses of eight Greek Byzantine populations (6th-15th centuries AD) from throughout Greece. The δ(13) C and δ(15) N values are tightly clustered, suggesting that all of these populations likely consumed a broadly similar diet. Both inland and coastal Byzantine populations consumed an essentially land-based C(3) diet, significant amounts of animal protein, and possibly some C(4) plants, while no evidence of a general dependence on low-δ(15) N legumes was observed. One interesting result observed in the isotopic data is the evidence for the consumption of marine protein at both coastal sites (a reasonable expectation given their location) and for some individuals from inland sites. This pattern contrasts with previous isotopic studies mainly on prehistoric Greek populations, which have suggested that marine species contributed little, or not at all, to the diet. The possibility that fasting practices contributed to marine protein consumption in the period is discussed, as are possible parallels with published isotope data from western European medieval sites.

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Comportements alimentaires au Moyen Âge à Grenoble : application de la biogéochimie isotopique à la nécropole Saint-Laurent (XIIIe–XVe siècles, Isère, France)

Cited by 29 publications

References 23 publications

Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado

Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado

Isotopic examination of links between diet, social differentiation, and DISH at the post‐medieval Carmelite Friary of Aalst, Belgium

Reconstructing the diets of Greek Byzantine populations (6th-15th centuries AD) using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios

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