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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

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.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:su-172934
Date January 2018
CreatorsBengtsson, Fanny
PublisherStockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet
Source SetsDiVA Archive at Upsalla University
LanguageSwedish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeStudent thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text
Formatapplication/pdf
Rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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