Strontium isotopes and concentrations in cremated bones suggest an increased salt consumption in Gallo-Roman diet
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14310%2F22%3A00125973" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125973 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12880-4#Abs1" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-12880-4#Abs1</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12880-4" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-022-12880-4</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Strontium isotopes and concentrations in cremated bones suggest an increased salt consumption in Gallo-Roman diet
Original language description
The high temperatures reached during cremation lead to the destruction of organic matter preventing the use of traditional isotopic methods for dietary reconstructions. Still, strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) and concentration ([Sr]) analyses of cremated human remains offer a novel way to assess changing consumption patterns in past populations that practiced cremation, as evidenced by a large amount of new data obtained from Metal Ages and Gallo-Roman human remains from Destelbergen, Belgium. The Gallo-Roman results show significantly higher [Sr] and a narrower interquartile range in 87Sr/86Sr (0.7093–0.7095), close to the value of modern-day seawater (0.7092). This contrasts with the Metal Ages results, which display lower concentrations and a wider range in 87Sr/86Sr (0.7094–0.7098). This typical Sr signature is also reflected in other sites and is most likely related to an introduction of marine Sr in the form of salt as a food preservative (e.g. salt-rich preserved meat, fish and fish sauce). Paradoxically, this study highlights caution is needed when using 87Sr/86Sr for palaeomobility studies in populations with high salt consumption.
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
60102 - Archaeology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
2045-2322
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
1-12
UT code for WoS article
000805846400041
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85131160877