Diet in transitory society: isotopic analysis of medieval population of Central Europe (ninth - eleventh century AD, Czech Republic)

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F18%3A10133924" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/18:10133924 - isvavai.cz</a>

Alternative codes found

RIV/00216224:14210/16:00088578 RIV/68081758:_____/18:00503650 RIV/00216208:11310/18:10392359

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0427-8" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0427-8</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12520-016-0427-8" target="_blank" >10.1007/s12520-016-0427-8</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Diet in transitory society: isotopic analysis of medieval population of Central Europe (ninth - eleventh century AD, Czech Republic)

Original language description

Dietary behavior in the context of the formation of state structure, Christianization, and significant urbanization was studied, using the Great Moravian Empire (ninth-tenth century AD, Czech Republic) as a representative example. We also analyzed the impact of the disruption of social structure at the beginning of the tenth century and subsequent recovery of society during the eleventh century. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic values were measured in 189 adults (both sexes) and 74 animals representing different socioeconomic contexts (power centers/hinterlands) and chronology (Great Moravian/ Late Hillfort period). Statistically significant differences in animal protein consumption were observed between centers and hinterlands. For centers, significant relationship was found between nitrogen isotopic values and socioeconomic status in males but not for females. Diachronic diet changes were observed, with the eleventh century diet characterized by higher millet consumption in both sexes and lower consumption of animal protein in males. These results confirm that Great Moravia represented a highly stratified society socioeconomically. Social status appears to determine the consumption of animal protein much more in males than in females. The diet of females also proved to be more uniform in the diachronic frame. The diachronic change in dietary behavior suggests that through the apparent recovery in the eleventh century, Moravian society did not reach its original level of welfare at least in terms of the quality of diet.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10605 - Developmental biology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA14-22823S" target="_blank" >GA14-22823S: The peoples at the end of Great Moravia: bioarchaeology and taphonomy of the new cemetery at the northeast suburb at Pohansko (Břeclav)</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences

ISSN

1866-9557

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

10

Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

20

Pages from-to

923-942

UT code for WoS article

000431795200014

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85029670844