A time of change: dietary reconstruction of the Merovingian cemetery of Norroy-le-Veneur, France
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F18%3A10392744" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/18:10392744 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/00023272:_____/18:10134177
Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2018/0834" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2018/0834</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/anthranz/2018/0834" target="_blank" >10.1127/anthranz/2018/0834</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
A time of change: dietary reconstruction of the Merovingian cemetery of Norroy-le-Veneur, France
Original language description
The aim of this work was to analyse the diet of a Merovingian population sample of 80 individuals buried at Norroy-le-Veneur, France, with regard to their social status and chronology. A carbon and nitrogen stable isotope analysis of human adult bone collagen and related fauna from the same cemetery showed a diet based primarily on C-3 plants, supplemented with animal protein in a range comparable to other contemporary sites. No significant contribution of C-4 plants (e.g. millet) or marine-derived protein was detected. In terms of socio-economic stratification, individuals buried with rich grave good assemblages formed a narrow group with a significantly higher mean of delta C-13 than low-ranking individuals. We argue that this may represent a step in the gradual formation of the dietary exclusivity of Frankish elites, following a progressive rise in power of the Merovingian nobility. Also, during the timespan of the cemetery there was a population-wide decrease of 0.3 parts per thousand in the mean value of delta C-13. The role of the Christian conversion of the population is questioned, but another factor influencing diet might have played a role.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10600 - Biological sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2018
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Anthropologischer Anzeiger
ISSN
0003-5548
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
75
Issue of the periodical within the volume
4
Country of publishing house
DE - GERMANY
Number of pages
14
Pages from-to
325-338
UT code for WoS article
000452671400007
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85058007522