DALLE, Sarah, Christophe SNOECK, Amanda SENGELØV, Kévin Alexis André SALESSE, Marta HLAD, Rica ANNAERT, Tom BOONANTS, Mathieu BOUDIN, Giacomo CAPUZZO, Carina T. GERRITZEN, Steven GODERIS, Charlotte SABAUX, Elisavet STAMATAKI, Martine VERCAUTEREN, Barbara VESELKA, Eugène WARMENBOL and Guy DE MULDER. Strontium isotopes and concentrations in cremated bones suggest an increased salt consumption in Gallo-Roman diet. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS. ENGLAND: NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2022, vol. 12, No 1, p. 1-12. ISSN 2045-2322. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12880-4.
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Original name Strontium isotopes and concentrations in cremated bones suggest an increased salt consumption in Gallo-Roman diet
Authors DALLE, Sarah (guarantor), Christophe SNOECK, Amanda SENGELØV, Kévin Alexis André SALESSE (250 France, belonging to the institution), Marta HLAD, Rica ANNAERT, Tom BOONANTS, Mathieu BOUDIN, Giacomo CAPUZZO, Carina T. GERRITZEN, Steven GODERIS, Charlotte SABAUX, Elisavet STAMATAKI, Martine VERCAUTEREN, Barbara VESELKA, Eugène WARMENBOL and Guy DE MULDER.
Edition SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, ENGLAND, NATURE PORTFOLIO, 2022, 2045-2322.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Article in a journal
Field of Study 60102 Archaeology
Country of publisher United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 4.600
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/22:00125973
Organization unit Faculty of Science
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-12880-4
UT WoS 000805846400041
Keywords in English CALCIUM-METABOLISM; RATIOS; IMPACT; SR-87/SR-86; APATITE; SODIUM; ORIGIN
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Abstract
The high temperatures reached during cremation lead to the destruction of organic matter preventing the use of traditional isotopic methods for dietary reconstructions. Still, strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) and concentration ([Sr]) analyses of cremated human remains offer a novel way to assess changing consumption patterns in past populations that practiced cremation, as evidenced by a large amount of new data obtained from Metal Ages and Gallo-Roman human remains from Destelbergen, Belgium. The Gallo-Roman results show significantly higher [Sr] and a narrower interquartile range in 87Sr/86Sr (0.7093–0.7095), close to the value of modern-day seawater (0.7092). This contrasts with the Metal Ages results, which display lower concentrations and a wider range in 87Sr/86Sr (0.7094–0.7098). This typical Sr signature is also reflected in other sites and is most likely related to an introduction of marine Sr in the form of salt as a food preservative (e.g. salt-rich preserved meat, fish and fish sauce). Paradoxically, this study highlights caution is needed when using 87Sr/86Sr for palaeomobility studies in populations with high salt consumption.
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