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1	Tidigkristen diet : En XRF-analys av strontium på skelettmaterial från Varnhems gårdskyrka / Early Christian diet : An XRF-analysis of strontium on skeletal material from Varnhems estate church Bengtsson, Fanny January 2018 (has links) The aim of this thesis is to study 31 individuals from an early christian cemetery in Varnhem, Sweden and through the use of XRF, study the strontium concentrations and the strontium to calcium ratios in bone and use that as an indicator for diet. The material consists of femurs and teeth and through analyzing this I will compare previous dietary studies using stable carbon, nitrogene and sulphur isotope analyses to see wether quantitative strontium analysis can be used as a way to study diet in prehistoric societies. The conclusion is that XRF is not as thorough as an isotope study but it provides a general knowledge of what the population has been eating where we can determine which individuals has had diet consisting of more meat or terrestrial plants. Archaeology Archaeological Science XRF Strontium Strontium concentration Viking age Medieval Skeleton Varnhem Varnhems estate church diet prehistoric diet Arkeologi Laborativ Arkeologi XRF Strontium Strontiumkoncentration Vikingatid Medeltid Skelett Varnhem Varnhems gårdskyrka diet förhistorisk diet Archaeology Arkeologi