Stable nitrogen isotopic examination of Norse sites in the Western settlement of Greenland

Diet, society, and economy in late medievalSpain: Stable isotope evidence from Muslims and Christians fromGandía,Valencia

“…This case study has also demonstrated significant differences in nitrogen values between ovicaprids and cattle. This may be due, on the one hand, to the stocking of cattle closer to settlements, where soils are likely enriched with manure and domestic refuse (Hedges et al, 2005 ; Bogaard et al, 2007 ; Commisso and Nelson, 2010 ). The sheep, on the other hand, may have been grazed further afield in transhumant flocks (Montalvo, 1992 :162) as they were in the mountains of the Sierra de Espadán, north of Valencia, where there were both small, locally owned herds and large inter-regional flocks that grazed seasonally (Butzer et al, 1986 ).…”

Impact of charring on cereal grain characteristics: linking prehistoric manuring practice to δ15N signatures in archaeobotanical material

“…Other isotope studies have shown that infields and pastoral sites originally amended with household waste and animal manure and then abandoned for centuries can be detected using d 15 N mapping (Commisso and Nelson, 2010;Shahack-Gross et al, 2008). These studies operated at field level, whereas the analysis of charred archaeobotanical remains offers a possibility to investigate manuring practice at a plant and crop type level.…”

Abundance of 13C and 15N in emmer, spelt and naked barley grown on differently manured soils: towards a method for identifying past manuring practice

“…[37] Studying livestock enclosures in Kenya abandoned ca. 2000 years ago, Shahack-Gross and co-authors found that the soil within the enclosure was distinctly enriched in 15 N probably reflecting the historic accumulation of livestock droppings.…”