Fysisch-antropologisch onderzoek van postmiddeleeuwse menselijke skeletten aangetroffen te Oostende (prov. West-Vlaanderen) buiten reguliere begraafplaatsen

Stable isotope ratios (δ(13) C and δ(15) N) were measured in human burials from the post-medieval (16th-18th c. AD) Carmelite friary burial grounds at Aalst, a town in Flanders, Belgium. Dietary patterns of 39 adult individuals were analyzed, from a mixed monastic and lay population buried in three different locations, reflecting groups with differing social status. The data show significant variation in the consumption of perhaps meat, but certainly also marine protein between females and males. This result represents a remarkable continuity with medieval dietary patterns, suggesting that the social and economic changes of the early modern period had a limited effect on everyday life. When both sexes were examined together, individuals buried in the cloister garth consumed significantly less marine protein compared to people buried in the church, likely reflecting social stratification. No statistical differences were observed between isotopic values from the church and the cloister alley, suggesting a similarly diverse diet of the monastic part of the buried population and that of the richer lay population. Finally, the hypothesis that diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis (DISH) is linked to a diet rich in animal protein was tested. No systematic or statistically significant differences between pathological and non-pathological bones from the same individuals affected with DISH were observed, and no statistical differences were found between individuals with DISH and individuals without DISH.

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Isotopic examination of links between diet, social differentiation, and DISH at the post‐medieval Carmelite Friary of Aalst, Belgium

Quintelier

Ervynck

Müldner

et al. 2013

American J Phys Anthropol

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De Visserskaai te Oostende (prov. West-Vlaanderen): archeologie van een in de 17de eeuw zwaar geteisterde stad

Pieters¹,

Schietecatte²,

Ervynck³

et al. 2003

Archeologie in Vlaanderen

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Het Allerheiligenklooster van de Antwerpse augustijnen (prov. Antwerpen): archeologische en fysisch-antropologische gegevens

Bellens¹,

Vandenbruaene²

2006

Relicta

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Fysisch-antropologisch onderzoek van postmiddeleeuwse menselijke skeletten aangetroffen te Oostende (prov. West-Vlaanderen) buiten reguliere begraafplaatsen

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Isotopic examination of links between diet, social differentiation, and DISH at the post‐medieval Carmelite Friary of Aalst, Belgium

Isotopic examination of links between diet, social differentiation, and DISH at the post‐medieval Carmelite Friary of Aalst, Belgium

De Visserskaai te Oostende (prov. West-Vlaanderen): archeologie van een in de 17de eeuw zwaar geteisterde stad

Het Allerheiligenklooster van de Antwerpse augustijnen (prov. Antwerpen): archeologische en fysisch-antropologische gegevens

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