On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?

0538014 - ÚCHP 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
van der Plicht, J. - Kaupová, S. - Velemínský, P. - Smolík, Jiří - Kučera, Jan - Kameník, Jan - Havránek, Vladimír - Brůžek, J. - Vellev, J. - Rasmussen, K.L.
On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?
Heritage Science. Roč. 8, č. 1 (2020), č. článku 73. ISSN 2050-7445. E-ISSN 2050-7445
Institutional support: RVO:67985858 ; RVO:61389005
Keywords : Tycho Brahe * Kirsten Jorgensdatter * diet * C-13 * N-15 * radiocarbon
OECD category: Physical chemistry; Analytical chemistry (UJF-V)
Impact factor: 2.517, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Open access
https://heritagesciencejournal.springeropen.com/track/pdf/10.1186/s40494-020-00399-8.pdf

Radiocarbon dating has been performed on cortical femoral tissue samples from Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and his wife Kirsten Barbara Jørgensdatter (1549–1604). No discernible reservoir effect has been observed in either skeleton. This combined with unusually high δ15N values and seemingly terrestrial δ13C values, makes us suggest that a large fraction of their protein intake came from freshwater fish raised in stagnant pools.
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