@misc{10481/63006,
year = {2020},
month = {1},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/63006},
abstract = {A medieval osteological sample (n = 20) from the isolated rural community of San Baudelio de Berlanga (Soria,
N-Spain) was studied using paleopathological and stable isotope analyses. The necropolis was initially dated by
archeologists between the XI and XII centuries AD and contains 57 individuals. The main objective of this study
was to investigate the diet and the chronology of these individuals to improve the understanding not only of the
diet but also of the population dynamics in an isolated rural site. The isotopic composition of their rib bone
collagen was determined. δ15N values ranged between 9.3‰ and 11.5‰, with a mean of 10.3 + 0.5‰ (AIR),
while δ13C values ranged between −17.6‰ and −19.0‰ with a mean of −18.2 + 0.4‰ (V-PDB). Radiocarbon
results dated the individuals to between the XI and mid-XIII century. The stable isotopic results suggest a mixed
terrestrial diet dominated by C3 cereals but including also animal products (e.g. meat and dairy products).
Isotopic differences between sexes may be related more closely to social (patrilineal pattern of pairing) and
biodemographical (lower female life expectancy) factors than dietary gender differences.},
organization = {Spanish Government

HAR-2016-75788-P},
publisher = {ELSEVIER},
keywords = {Paleodiet},
keywords = {Stable isotopes},
keywords = {Radiocarbon},
keywords = {Rural communities},
keywords = {Middle Ages},
keywords = {Northern Iberia},
title = {Exploring diet in an isolated medieval rural community of Northern Iberia: The case study of San Baudelio de Berlanga (Soria, Spain)},
doi = {10.1016/j.jasrep.2020.102218},
author = {Jiménez Brobeil, Sylvia Alejandra and Maroto Benavides, Rosa María and Laffranchi, Zita and Roca, María G.},
}