标题:Movement of agricultural products in the Scandinavian Iron Age during the first millennium AD: 87Sr/86Sr values of archaeological crops and animals in southern Sweden
期刊名称:STAR: Science & Technology of Archaeological Research
电子版ISSN:2054-8923
出版年度:2020
卷号:6
期号:1
页码:96-112
DOI:10.1080/20548923.2020.1840121
出版社:Taylor and Francis Ltd
摘要:In this paper, we examine the exchange of crops and livestock through the application of strontium (87Sr/86Sr) isotope analysis on cereal grains and faunal tooth enamel from the regional center of Uppåkra and three nearby settlements in Scania, southern Sweden, dating to the first millennium AD. Around a third of the fauna have non-local 87Sr/86Sr values, indicating the import of livestock from several different regions. After cleaning, almost all of the cereal grains have non-local 87Sr/86Sr values, which is surprising given the nearby abundance of fertile agricultural soils. We therefore suggest considering non-locally grown crops to be those whose 87Sr/86Sr values fall outside the normal distribution; if this approach is used, around 20% of the analyzed crop samples are interpreted as having grown non-locally. This study demonstrates the potential of combining strontium isotopic data of archaeobotanical and zooarchaeological material for gaining insights into the movement of agricultural products in prehistory. GRAPHICAL
关键词:Strontium isotopes ; cereal grain ; tooth enamel ; Scandinavian Iron Age ; agriculture ; mobility