The first isotopic insight into the Bronze Age dietary transition in the area of present-day Czechia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00023272%3A_____%2F25%3A10136730" target="_blank" >RIV/00023272:_____/25:10136730 - isvavai.cz</a>

Nalezeny alternativní kódy

RIV/67985912:_____/25:00639786 RIV/48511005:_____/25:N0000004 RIV/60076658:12310/25:43910779 RIV/00216208:11110/25:10500394

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X25002846?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S2352409X25002846?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105251" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.jasrep.2025.105251</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The first isotopic insight into the Bronze Age dietary transition in the area of present-day Czechia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

In order to investigate dietary changes during the Middle Ages, carbon and nitrogen isotopes were measured in 97 humans and 14 animals from the medieval centre of Stara Boleslav, together with a comparative dataset of 28 humans from Prague - Loretanske Square. The Stara Boleslav dataset was divided into three contexts based on grave location (abandoned unknown Early Medieval church, and collegiate chapter basilica) and chronology (pre- and post-1150 CE phases of the basilica burial ground). The average human delta 13C value was -19.2 +/- 0.4 %o and the average delta 15N value was 10.3 +/- 1.2 %o. There were statistically significant differences in delta 15N values between all contexts with the exception of the abandoned church and the Prague - Loretanske Square cemeteries, which showed similarly low delta 15N values. The post-1150 CE phase of the basilica burial ground showed the highest delta 15N values, while the pre-1150 phase of the basilica burial ground occupied the intermediate position. The results show the almost complete absence of millet in the diet of the studied dataset, suggesting that a dietary dichotomy in millet consumption was present in the 11th century population, with the inhabitants of the centres consuming less millet than observed in previously published rural datasets. The increase in the consumption of animal products and/or fish was pronounced in the most recent phase of the dataset, after 1150 CE. Some evidence of this pattern was present even earlier, but only in the environment closely linked to the ecclesiastical centre, i.e. the basilica.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The first isotopic insight into the Bronze Age dietary transition in the area of present-day Czechia

Popis výsledku anglicky

In order to investigate dietary changes during the Middle Ages, carbon and nitrogen isotopes were measured in 97 humans and 14 animals from the medieval centre of Stara Boleslav, together with a comparative dataset of 28 humans from Prague - Loretanske Square. The Stara Boleslav dataset was divided into three contexts based on grave location (abandoned unknown Early Medieval church, and collegiate chapter basilica) and chronology (pre- and post-1150 CE phases of the basilica burial ground). The average human delta 13C value was -19.2 +/- 0.4 %o and the average delta 15N value was 10.3 +/- 1.2 %o. There were statistically significant differences in delta 15N values between all contexts with the exception of the abandoned church and the Prague - Loretanske Square cemeteries, which showed similarly low delta 15N values. The post-1150 CE phase of the basilica burial ground showed the highest delta 15N values, while the pre-1150 phase of the basilica burial ground occupied the intermediate position. The results show the almost complete absence of millet in the diet of the studied dataset, suggesting that a dietary dichotomy in millet consumption was present in the 11th century population, with the inhabitants of the centres consuming less millet than observed in previously published rural datasets. The increase in the consumption of animal products and/or fish was pronounced in the most recent phase of the dataset, after 1150 CE. Some evidence of this pattern was present even earlier, but only in the environment closely linked to the ecclesiastical centre, i.e. the basilica.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60102 - Archaeology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EH22_008%2F0004593" target="_blank" >EH22_008/0004593: Připraveni na budoucnost: porozumění dlouhodobé odolnosti lidské kultury (RES-HUM)</a><br>

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

ISSN

2352-409X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

66

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

October

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

14

Strana od-do

1-14

Kód UT WoS článku

999

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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