Diet and ethnicity during the Viking colonization of northern Scotland: evidence from fish bones and stable carbon isotopes

• Autores: James H. Barrett, Roelf P. Beukens, Rebecca A. Nicholson
• Localización: Antiquity, ISSN 0003-598X, Vol. 75, Nº 287, 2001, págs. 145-154
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Diet and ethnicity are strongly related. Recent work on fish-bone ratios and stable carbon isotopes suggest that the Vikings increased the fish contribution to the diet of Orkney and Shetland by a greater investment in deep-sea fishing.