%0 Journal Article
%A Bäckström, Ylva
%A Mispelaere, Jan
%A Ingvarsson, Anne
%A Fjellström, Markus
%A Britton, Kate
%+ Department of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Max Planck Society
%T Integrating isotopes and documentary evidence: dietary patterns in a late medieval and early modern mining community, Sweden : 
%G eng
%U https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0002-9DFB-3
%R 10.1007/s12520-017-0518-1
%D 2018
%* Review method: peer-reviewed
%X This study explores the relationship between dietary patterns and social structure in a pre-industrial mining community in Salberget, Sweden c. 1470 to 1600 A.D. using a combination of different research approaches and tools, including archaeology, osteology, bone chemistry and history. The correlation between demographic criteria (sex and age) and archaeological variables (burial type and burial location) shows that Salberget was a highly stratified community. Group diets were investigated through analyses of stable isotopes (carbon, δ 13C, and nitrogen, δ 15N) of bone collagen from a sub-sample of individuals buried at the site (n = 67), interpreted alongside data from human dental lesions and deficiencies, animal bone waste and information on eating habits extracted from the extensive historical documents regarding mining activities at Salberget. These integrated analyses provide a clear association between social status and diet and confirm that social status, and to a lesser extent sex, gender and age, likely governed food choice and opportunity in this diverse community.
%K Bioarchaeology, Dental palaeopathology, Diet, Documentary sources, Identities, Isotopes, Late medieval/early modern, Preindustrial, Zooarchaeology
%J Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences
%V 10
%N 8
%& 2075
%P 2075 - 2094
%I Springer
%C Berlin
%@ 1866-95571866-9565