Social Inequalities by Diet in Archaeology: The Contribution of Isotopes
Author(s): Rozenn Colleter; Michael Richards; Dominique Garcia
Year: 2023
Summary
This is an abstract from the "SAA 2023: Individual Abstracts" session, at the 88th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.
Research about the biological impacts of social inequality is at the center of the humanities and social sciences. Social inequalities impact multiple determinants of health such as lifestyle, diet, and housing. Questions about inequalities, therefore, can be addressed by using isotopic data related to collected by archaeologists. This project compiles isotopic data from several thousand archaeological skeletons found in Europe from more than 455 sites, dating from late prehistoric to modern times. Nitrogen stable isotope values (δ15N) in particular document the most protein-rich diets are associated with higher status. Comparisons between social groups can potentially be used to document the evolution of inequalities regionally and diachronically.
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Social Inequalities by Diet in Archaeology: The Contribution of Isotopes. Rozenn Colleter, Michael Richards, Dominique Garcia. Presented at The 88th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. 2023 ( tDAR id: 474607)
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Europe
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min long: -11.074; min lat: 37.44 ; max long: 50.098; max lat: 70.845 ;
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Abstract Id(s): 36474.0