ANTHROPOLOGIE

Volume 46/2-3, 2008, pp. 227-231

Smrčka V., Bůzek F., Zocová J.
C AND N Stable Isotopes in a Set of 17 Skeletons from the Vedrovice

The Neolithic population was dependent on terrestrial C3 photosynthetic plants (wheat). Plant food sources of the LBK period were evaluated with regard to representation of proteins in a plant-based diet by sex and age of the examined individuals. The analysis of collagen from human ribs revealed the ratios of N isotopes in 17 skeletons – 3 males, 8 females and 6 children.

Neolithic – Vedrovice – South Moravia – Skeletal material – Analysis of C and N isotopes – Reconstruction of diet