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

R.P. Beukens; J.H. Barrett; R.A. Nicholson

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

R.P. Beukens, J.H. Barrett, R.A. Nicholson

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	145-154
Number of pages	9
Journal	Antiquity
Volume	75
Issue number	287
Publication status	Published - Mar 2001

Keywords

Vikings
fish bones
Orkney
Shetland
carbon isotopes

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http://antiquity.ac.uk/Ant/075/0145/Ant0750145.pdf

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