Using stable isotope technique in order to assess the dietary habits of a Roman population in Greece

Correlation between δ18Ow and δ18Οen for estimating human mobility and paleomobility patterns

“…That might be an indication of the social status of these women—having no access to beverages other than water rather than dwelling in higher altitudes than that of the men. This conclusion is supported by the paleodiet analysis that was conducted to the same collection 15 , where no significant diet differences were detected to the Roman population of Edessa between males and females. In that study, females exhibit more negative values than males in all three carbon isotopic signatures, possibly suggesting the consumption of more terrestrial sources than men, while females present a higher caries rate than males.…”

“…The process is a comparative one and mainly consist of documenting the stable isotope composition of natural systems (like δ 18 O values of precipitation) and creating isotopic models 5 – 7 that spatially cover the studied areas, the so called “isoscapes”. These isoscapes 2 , 8 have been used in general for provenance and origin studies by comparing the unknown samples (plants, natural products, animals, soil, minerals and water) with the documented isotopic values of local samples 1 , 2 , 9 – 14 and for archaeometric studies 13 , 15 – 24 . This isoscape approach can also be used to determine the geographic origin of unknown human samples (bone, teeth, hair, and nails) and to trace the residence patterns of unidentified humans 2 , 25 – 27 .…”

Oral health and its implications on male-female dietary differences: A study from the Roman Province of Macedonia

“…Nonetheless, the geographic focus of current bioarchaeological studies is skewed towards the consumption profile of the population of Rome and the north-western provinces of the Empire, while the diet of populations from the south-eastern provinces largely remains a terra incognita. Especially for the Roman Province of Macedonia, which is the focus of the current paper, the only studies are by Malama and Triantaphyllou (2003), Michael and Dotsika (2017) and Dotsika and Michael (2018). The former addresses the topic as part of the biological and palaeopathological analysis of the Amphipolis population and the latter two carried out stable isotope analysis for the population of Edessa.…”

Reconstruction of Greek population diet from Neolithic period to modern times

“…In Table 3, the mean values of δ 13 C‰ and δ 15 N‰ for the Neolithic (6800–3000 BC) (Kontopoulos & Sampson, 2015; Papathanasiou, 2001, 2003), Early Bronze (EBA) (3000–2100 BC) (Petroutsa, 2007; Petroutsa et al, 2007; Vika 2015), Middle Bronze (MBA) (2100–1800 BC) (Ingvarsson‐Sundström et al, 2009; Lagia et al, 2007; Petroutsa, 2007; Triantaphyllou et al, 2006), Middle Minoan (MM) (2100–1800 BC) (Nafplioti, 2016), Late Bronze [LBA] (1800–1100 BC) (Petroutsa & Manolis, 2010; Petroutsa, 2007; Petroutsa et al, 2009; Triantaphyllou, 2001; Vika, 2002), Geometric (1000–700 BC) (Panagiotopoulou & Papathanasiou, 2015), Classical (500–300 BC) (Lagia, 2015; Vika, 2011), Hellenistic (300 BC–1 AD) (Borstad McConnan et al, 2018; Lagia, 2015; Vika, 2011), Roman (1–400 AD) (Borstad McConnan et al, 2018; Dotsika & Michael, 2018), Byzantine (400–1453 AD) (Borstad McConnan et al, 2018; Bourbou et al, 2011, 2013; Bourbou & Garvie‐Lok, 2015; Dotsika et al, 2018; Garvie‐Lok, 2001b; Semelidou et al, 2013), Ottoman (1453–1821) (Garvie‐Lok, 2001a) and Modern (today) (Dotsika et al, 2019) are presented as they were published in the literature in combination with our results (Tables 1, 2). Furthermore, in Table 4 we present the respective results for each region (Figure 2) (Picture 1).…”