Brewing and stewing: the effect of culturally mediated behaviour on the oxygen isotope composition of ingested fluids and the implications for human provenance studies

Brettell, Rhea; Montgomery, Janet; Evans, Jane

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“…Puceat et al (2010) found as much as two per mil variation in phosphate oxygen isotopes measured in bones from fish raised within the same controlled-environment tank, and it is to be reasonably assumed that human environments, being less controlled, would produce a significant level of within-population variation. Similarly, human dietary behavior may also produce variation in oxygen isotopes measured in enamel; although natural evaporative processes do not significantly alter the δ 18 O values of drinking water , consumption of brewed alcoholic drinks, boiled drinks, and stewed foods may enrich the δ 18 O of human enamel by as much as 2.3‰ (Brettell et al, 2012). Although most of these influences must be taken into account, climate change was not found to be a statistically significant factor in altered oxygen isotope values in this study; although the historical timeframe made the end of the MWP and the transition to the Little Ice Age a relevant consideration, a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) between the means of age cohorts found no significant differences (P <0.05).…”

Section: Defining the Local Rangementioning

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Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages: Identification of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population

Kendall

Montgomery

Evans

et al. 2012

American J Phys Anthropol

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(2013) 'Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages : identication of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population.', American journal of physical anthropology., 150 (2). pp. 210-222. Further information on publisher's website:http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22194 Publisher's copyright statement: This is the accepted version of the following article: Kendall, E.J., Montgomery, J., Evans, J.A., Stantis, C. and Mueller, V. (2013), Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages: Identication of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 150 (2): 210-222, which has been published in nal form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22194. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance With Wiley Terms and Conditions for self-archiving.Additional information: Use policyThe full-text may be used and/or reproduced, and given to third parties in any format or medium, without prior permission or charge, for personal research or study, educational, or not-for-prot purposes provided that:• a full bibliographic reference is made to the original source • a link is made to the metadata record in DRO • the full-text is not changed in any way The full-text must not be sold in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.Please consult the full DRO policy for further details. ABSTRACT Mobility and migration patterns of groups and individuals have long been a topic of interest to archaeologists, used for broad explanatory models of cultural change as well as illustrations of historical particularism. The 14th century AD was a tumultuous period of history in Britain, with severely erratic weather patterns, the Great Famine of 1315-1322, the Scottish Wars of Independence, and the Hundred Years' War providing additional migration pressures to the ordinary economic issues drawing individuals to their capital under more stable conditions. East Smithfield Black Death Cemetery (Royal Mint) had a documented use period of only 2 years (AD 1348(AD -1350, providing a precise historical context (~50 years) for data. Adults (n = 30) from the East Smithfield site were sampled for strontium and oxygen stable isotope analyses of tooth enamel. Five individuals were demonstrated to be statistical outliers through the combined strontium and oxygen isotope data. Potential origins for migrants ranged from London's surrounding hinterlands to distant portions of northern and western Britain. Historic food sourcing practices for London were found to be an important factor for consideration in a broader than expected 8 7 S r / 8 6 S r range reflected in a comparison of enamel samples from three London datasets. The pooled dataset demonstrated a high level of consistency between site data, divergent from the geologically predicted range. We argue that this supports the premise that isotope data in human populations must be approached as a complex interaction between behavior and environment and thus should be interpre...

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Section: Defining the Local Rangementioning

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Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages: Identification of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population

Kendall

Montgomery

Evans

et al. 2012

American J Phys Anthropol

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“…Therefore, δ 18 O recorded in skeletons can be used to identify individuals who had access to a different water supply than rest of the local population. However, the suitability of δ 18 O to this application is still debated because for example, food preparation and drinking fermented beverages can alter isotopic ratio (Brettell et al, 2012).…”

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Stable isotope and multi-analytical investigation of Monte da Cegonha: A Late Antiquity population in southern Portugal

Saragoça

Maurer

Šoberl

et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports

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This study presents for the first time the diet of a Late Antiquity population in southern Portugal (Civitas of Pax Julia), from the Roman villa of Monte da Cegonha (predominantly 7th century CE). Stable isotope analysis (δ 13 C, δ 15 N, δ 18 O, 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) of human and faunal bone collagen and apatite was conducted in order to understand the influence of Roman subsistence strategies on the way of life of rural inhabitants of the area of Pax Julia and to explore their diet (types of ingested plants, amount of animal resources, terrestrial versus marine resources). X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Fourier transform infra-red spectroscopy (FTIR) analyses were used to determine the degree of bone diagenesis and assess the reliability of the bone stable isotopic composition for palaeodietary reconstruction. Anthropological analysis revealed a cariogenic diet, rich in starchy food and carbohydrates, in at least in two individuals based on the frequency of dental caries. Collagen and apatite carbon isotopic analysis suggested that C 3 plants were the basis of the population's diet, complemented with some terrestrial meat and its byproducts as reflected by the observed bone collagen nitrogen isotopic composition. Moreover, whilst the fairly low apatite-collagen spacing recorded in some skeletons (at around 4‰) may have been due to freshwater organisms intake, the relatively low nitrogen values observed indicate that this consumption did not occur very often, unless in the form of fresh fish of low trophic level or fish sauces. There were no significant differences in isotopic values depending on gender or burial type. Strontium and oxygen isotopic composition of bone apatite revealed a sedentary community, with the exception of a male individual who probably did not spend his childhood in Monte da Cegonha.

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“…BL15 and BL44 have δ 18 O values higher than any yet reported from Roman Britain, whilst BL2 and BL45 are higher than, but within measurement error of, the highest previously reported value, which was for a decapitated individual from Driffield Terrace York (6Drif-21), interpreted as a possible gladiator and immigrant (Müldner, et al, 2011b). Evans et al (2012) …”

Section: Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 79%

“…Other processes can also alter human δ 18 O. Humans can also elevate the δ 18 O value of their drinking water by processes such as boiling and brewing (Brettell, et al, 2012), and this must be allowed for in interpretation (for a full discussion of these issues see, Lightfoot…”

Section: Isotope Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Going south of the river: A multidisciplinary analysis of ancestry, mobility and diet in a population from Roman Southwark, London

Redfern

Gröcke

Millard

et al. 2016

Journal of Archaeological Science

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Brewing and stewing: the effect of culturally mediated behaviour on the oxygen isotope composition of ingested fluids and the implications for human provenance studies

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Cited by 155 publications

References 35 publications

Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages: Identification of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population

Mobility, mortality, and the middle ages: Identification of migrant individuals in a 14th century black death cemetery population

Stable isotope and multi-analytical investigation of Monte da Cegonha: A Late Antiquity population in southern Portugal

Going south of the river: A multidisciplinary analysis of ancestry, mobility and diet in a population from Roman Southwark, London

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