Stable isotope evidence for diet in early medieval Great Moravia (Czech Republic)

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<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F15%3A%230002751" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/15:#0002751 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2014.12.006" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2014.12.006</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2014.12.006" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jasrep.2014.12.006</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Stable isotope evidence for diet in early medieval Great Moravia (Czech Republic)
Original language description
The 9th –early 10th century AD witnessed the rise and fall of the first Slavic proto-state formation, Great Moravia, centered largely in the Morava River basin in today's Czech Republic. Archaeological evidence demonstrates that this early medieval polity depended on an intensive agricultural base, but we know relatively little about the diets actually consumed by the Great Moravian people. Here we report the results of stable isotope analyses of carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) on bone collagen from33 human and 18 faunal remains fromthe Kostelisko cemetery, located within the sub-castle sector of the Mikulčice settlement agglomeration along the lower Morava River valley. Results indicate that the Mikulčice–Kostelisko diet was based largely on terrestrial resources, including both plant-derived and animal-derived protein. Elevated δ13C values for humans suggest that millet was an important dietary resource, while elevated δ15N values suggest that animal-derived products also contributed to dietary protein.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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