Esqueletos inhumados en cementerios excavados en roca: el caso de Tejuela/Villanueva de Soportilla (Burgos)

Alonso, José Francisco Martín; Benavides, Rosa María Maroto; Brobeil, Sylvia Alejandra Jiménez

doi:10.3989/aespa.094.021.03

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“…The remains of 182 individuals have been recovered from this cemetery (henceforth Tejuela) of a small rural community beside the Ebro River [ 45 , 46 ]. Absolute dating values range from the late 8 th century to the beginning of the 11 th century, and it was mainly used between the mid-9 th and late 10 th centuries [ 47 ], i.e., during the Medieval Climate Anomaly [ 6 , 7 ]. Samples were taken from 10 males and 10 females whose sex and age were previously estimated [ 47 , 48 ].…”

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North and South in Medieval Iberia: A historical and environmental estimate through isotopic analyses

Martín-Alonso,

Laffranchi,

Milella

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The Middle Ages in the Iberian Peninsula is a period of special interest for studying the relationship of climate change with historical and socioeconomic processes. Between the 8th and 15th centuries AD, the Peninsula was characterized not only by complex political, cultural, and social transitions but also by major variations in the climate. The objective of this study was to examine differences in diet and mobility between distinct populations of the Peninsula and explore the possible relationship of diet, mobility, and culture with environmental variables and geographical settings. For this purpose, we obtained stable isotopic ratios of carbon and oxygen (δ13C and δ18O) from the enamel apatite of first upper incisors from 145 individuals at eight archeological sites that represent both Christian and Islamic communities and both rural and urban social settings. Results revealed a dietary difference between Christian and Islamic populations, observing a greater contribution of C4 plants, possibly sorghum, in the diet of the latter, especially in a rural setting. The disparity in oxygen isotopic ratios between populations from the North and South of the Peninsula is consistent with modern climatic differences between these regions. In this line, intraregional variability in oxygen isotopic ratios may hint at diachronic occupation phases under varying climatic conditions. The few isotopic outliers in our sample suggest overall low mobility levels.

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North and South in Medieval Iberia: A historical and environmental estimate through isotopic analyses

Martín-Alonso,

Laffranchi,

Milella

et al. 2024

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“…María de Tejuela (Villanueva de Soportilla, Burgos), henceforth Tejuela, was a community of Christian peasants in a rural settlement far from political and power centers. The sample derives from a cemetery with rock‐cut tombs beside the Ebro river (Figure 1), which was used from the 8th to 11th centuries (Martín‐Alonso et al, 2021). The economy was based on agriculture and livestock raising (Palomino Lázaro & Negredo García, 2021).…”

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Introduction of sugarcane in Al‐Andalus (Medieval Spain) and its impact on children's dental health

Brobeil

Maroto

Milella

et al. 2021

Intl J of Osteoarchaeology

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The introduction of sugarcane in Europe by the Arabs in the 10th century AD brought about a drastic change in gastronomy and oral health. In Southern Spain (Al-Andalus), sugarcane was mainly consumed by the elite, although its consumption became relatively widespread during the Nasrid Kingdom. The aim of this study was to explore the effect of the introduction of sugar on human diet and oral health by comparing patterns of caries in deciduous teeth between nonadult skeletal samples from two Nasrid populations (La Torrecilla and Talará) and a comparative set representing various Iberian populations without access to sugarcane (from Bronze to Medieval Ages). We analyzed 770 teeth from 115 nonadults divided into three groups: infants under 2 years of age, nonadults presenting only deciduous teeth, and nonadults presenting mixed deciduous and permanent dentition. The frequency of caries is high in the Nasrid individuals and very low in the comparative sample. This finding is in agreement with contemporaneous written sources on the utilization of sugarcane in the diet and as a pacifier for infants during weaning. Differences in the frequency of caries between the Nasrid samples (higher in Talará) are likely related to the socioeconomic differences between these populations.

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Esqueletos inhumados en cementerios excavados en roca: el caso de Tejuela/Villanueva de Soportilla (Burgos)

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North and South in Medieval Iberia: A historical and environmental estimate through isotopic analyses

North and South in Medieval Iberia: A historical and environmental estimate through isotopic analyses

Introduction of sugarcane in Al‐Andalus (Medieval Spain) and its impact on children's dental health

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