Strontium isotopes and concentrations in cremated bones suggest an increased salt consumption in Gallo-Roman diet.

ABSTRACT: The high temperatures reached during cremation lead to the destruction of organic matter preventing the use of traditional isotopic methods for dietary reconstructions. Still, strontium isotope (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) and concentration ([Sr]) analyses of cremated human remains offer a novel way to assess changing consumption patterns in past populations that practiced cremation, as evidenced by a large amount of new data obtained from Metal Ages and Gallo-Roman human remains from Destelbergen, Belgium. The Gallo-Roman results show significantly higher [Sr] and a narrower interquartile range in ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr (0.7093-0.7095), close to the value of modern-day seawater (0.7092). This contrasts with the Metal Ages results, which display lower concentrations and a wid

SUBMITTER: Dalle S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9166795 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature