2011
DOI: 10.1017/s0003598x00067880
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Who was in Harold Bluetooth's army? Strontium isotope investigation of the cemetery at the Viking Age fortress at Trelleborg, Denmark

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“…The isotope data for Westness and Dublin, indicating as it does varied origins among even small numbers of individuals, supports similar conclusions reached by Price et al (2011) at Trelleborg and the observation that the "Viking Armies were not homogeneous groups; they contained those of diverse beliefs and ideologies" (Richards 2003:394). It would appear that such observations apply to both men and women but, as was found at Westness, displaced Viking women do not appear to hail from the same places as the men: no women were among the group of men with low oxygen isotope ratios suggestive of more northerly origins, possibly in central or northern Norway.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 76%
“…The isotope data for Westness and Dublin, indicating as it does varied origins among even small numbers of individuals, supports similar conclusions reached by Price et al (2011) at Trelleborg and the observation that the "Viking Armies were not homogeneous groups; they contained those of diverse beliefs and ideologies" (Richards 2003:394). It would appear that such observations apply to both men and women but, as was found at Westness, displaced Viking women do not appear to hail from the same places as the men: no women were among the group of men with low oxygen isotope ratios suggestive of more northerly origins, possibly in central or northern Norway.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 76%
“…In the recent years, the application of bone chemistry analyses, especially isotopic studies, has provided a means for directly assessing the place of origin of human skeletal remains, and can be used to answer certain questions concerning migration in the past (e.g., Montgomery et al 2003, Price and Gestsdottir 2006, Price et al 2011, Montgomery 2010 The application of strontium isotope analysis to the human skeletal material from the cemetery at Ndr. Grødbygård offers a means to evaluate such questions.…”
Section: Strontium Isotope Analysismentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Due to similarities in charge and atomic radius, Sr substitutes for calcium (Ca) in biological systems (Å berg 1995) and thus both primary producers and higher-level consumers record information about local geology in the 87 Sr/ 86 Sr of their tissues. Some of the most well documented examples of using 87 Sr/ 86 Sr for geo-location are the analysis of tooth enamel and bone apatite from human remains to reconstruct movements of historic (Price et al 2002, Hodell et al 2004, Bentley 2006, Montgomery 2010, Price et al 2011) and modern (Aggarwal et al 2008, Juarez 2008 Sr have been used to investigate the regions-of-origin of foods and drugs consumed by humans, including coffee (Rodrigues et al 2010, Rodrigues et al 2011, dairy products (Rossmann et al 2000, Crittenden et al 2007, juice , heirloom vegetables (Swoboda et al 2008), wine (Almeida and Vasconcelos 2004), and marijuana (West et al 2009). Measured 87 Sr/ 86 Sr has also proven useful in reconstructing the movements of non-human animals, most especially birds (Chamberlain et al 1997, Font et al 2007, Sellick et al 2009) and fish (Ingram and Weber 1999, Kennedy et al 2000, Barnett-Johnson et al 2008.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%