Dietary behaviour of Early Bronze Age biological kinship groups in Mikulovice (ca.2050-1750BC Czech Republic)

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Drtikolová Kaupová, S. - Papac, L. - Langová, Michaela - Massy, K. - Friedrich, R. - Vytlačil, Z. - Haak, W. - Ernée, Michal
Dietary behaviour of Early Bronze Age biological kinship groups in Mikulovice (ca.2050-1750BC Czech Republic).
29th EAA Annual Meeting (Belfast, Northern Ireland 2023). Abstract book. Belfast: European Association of Archaeologists, 2023 - (Karabáš, M.; Kleinová, K.). s. 849. ISBN 978-80-88441-05-2.
[Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists /29./. 30.08.2023-02.09.2023, Belfast]
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) AP1903
Program: Akademická prémie - Praemium Academiae
Institutional support: RVO:67985912
Keywords : stable isotopes * aDNA * biological kinship * diet * Únětice culture
OECD category: Archaeology
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The Early Bronze Age cemetery in Mikulovice, eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic, is one of the largest and richest of the Únětice Culture, and therefore a model site for extensive bioarchaeological studies. This paper will present the results of isotopic reconstructions of diet in the context of biological relatedness inferred from aDNA. Sampling of all buried individuals (N=109) for aDNA, 14C dating, radiogenic and stable isotope analyses of Sr, O, C and N enabled us to reconstruct various complexly interwoven aspects of lifeways, at the level of single individuals, biological kinship groups, as well as the entire community. Carbon and nitrogen isotopic values were measured in all individuals older than 6 years, from whom aDNA was successfully recovered (N=81). Both carbon and nitrogen isotopic values differed significantly between biological kinship groups, whereas the differences in nitrogen isotopic values between biologically related individuals were significantly lower than those between unrelated individuals. These results are further discussed with respect to the absolute chronology, grave position and the character of the associated grave goods. Though the research is still ongoing, the current data suggest that close biological/social relationship was the leading factor driving dietary behaviour of the individuals buried at Mikulovice. This research was supported by the Czech Academy of Sciences Award Praemium Academiae (Dr. Michal Ernée) and by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic (DKRVO 2019-2023/7.I.e, 00023272).
Permanent Link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0346964