Diet and status in Birka : stable isotopes and grave goods compared

• In this paper the authors investigate isotopic signatures of burials from the famous Viking period cemetery at Birka in Sweden, comparing their results on diet with the status and identities of individuals as interpreted from grave goods. These first observations offer a number of promising correlations, for example the shared diet of a group of women associated with trade, and a marine emphasis among men buried with weapons.

Ämnesord

HUMANIORA  -- Historia och arkeologi -- Arkeologi (hsv//swe)

HUMANITIES  -- History and Archaeology -- Archaeology (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

Birka

Vikings

diet

stable isotopes

carbon

nitrogen

sulphur

Archaeology subjects

Arkeologiämnen

Publikations- och innehållstyp

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