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Diachronic changes in diet in medieval Berlin: Comparison of dietary isotopes from pre- and post-black death adults
Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports Pub Date : 2021-06-24 , DOI: 10.1016/j.jasrep.2021.103064
Mariana E. Zechini , Kristina Killgrove , Claudia M. Melisch , Bethany L. Turner , Benjamin J. Schaefer

The precise time, the original location, and the processes involved in the creation of Germany’s capital Berlin are still unknown due to a lack of surviving documents. As such, archaeology and bioarchaeology play a critical role in understanding the people who lived in medieval Berlin. In this paper, we describe an isotope analysis aimed at identifying what the early inhabitants of Berlin were eating and at inferring dietary variation among skeletons sexed as male versus female, and among those interred before and after the Yersinia pestis pandemic known as the Black Death (1347–1352 CE). Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope ratios from 66 skeletons from the medieval cemetery site of Petriplatz indicate that males consumed proportionately more protein than females before the Black Death. However, a significant increase in δ15N values in skeletons associated with post-Black Death contexts suggests an increased consumption of animal protein for both males and females. This study is the first dietary isotopic analysis to be conducted on the skeletons at Petriplatz and is only the second paleodietary isotopic reconstruction of the High Middle Ages in Germany. Consequently, this study provides key insights into the cultural responses to the ecology of the Black Death by the people of Berlin within the broader context of medieval Germany and medieval Europe.



中文翻译:

中世纪柏林饮食的历时变化:黑死病前后成人饮食同位素的比较

由于缺乏现存文件,德国首都柏林的确切时间、原址和创建过程仍然未知。因此,考古学和生物考古学在了解生活在中世纪柏林的人们方面发挥着关键作用。在本文中,我们描述了一项同位素分析,旨在确定柏林早期居民的饮食,并推断性别为男性和女性的骨骼之间的饮食差异,以及在鼠疫耶尔森氏菌大流行(称为黑死病)之前和之后埋葬的骨骼之间的饮食差异。公元 1347-1352 年)。碳 (δ 13 C) 和氮 (δ 15N) 来自 Petriplatz 中世纪墓地的 66 具骨骼的同位素比率表明,在黑死病之前,男性比女性消耗了更多的蛋白质。然而,与黑死病后环境相关的骨骼中 δ 15 N 值的显着增加表明男性和女性对动物蛋白的消耗量增加。这项研究是首次对 Petriplatz 的骨骼进行膳食同位素分析,也是德国中世纪盛期的第二次古膳食同位素重建。因此,这项研究提供了关于柏林人民在中世纪德国和中世纪欧洲的更广泛背景下对黑死病生态的文化反应的关键见解。

更新日期:2021-06-24
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