Diet in early Lithuanian prehistory and the new stable isotope evidence
Volume 12 (2009), pp. 12–30
Pub. online: 25 November 2009
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
10 May 2008
10 May 2008
Revised
15 September 2008
15 September 2008
Accepted
10 April 2009
10 April 2009
Published
25 November 2009
25 November 2009
Abstract
This article reviews current scientific evidence of food resources exploited in the Lithuanian Stone and Bronze Ages and presents the new direct, biochemical stable isotope evidence. Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses were performed on 75 Stone and Bronze Age animal bone samples and 23 human bone samples. We discuss how the obtained values relate to diet and other evidence of diet, compare the obtained values with regional stable isotope data, and consider sociocultural implications.