TY - JOUR
T1 - Tales from the barrels
T2 - results from a multi-proxy analysis of a latrine from Renaissance Copenhagen, Denmark
AU - Hald, Mette Marie
AU - Mosekilde, Jacob
AU - Magnussen, Betina Inga
AU - Søe, Martin Jensen
AU - Hansen, Camilla Haarby
AU - Mortensen, Morten Fischer
PY - 2018
Y1 - 2018
N2 - The combined analyses of grains, seeds, fruits, pollen, animal bones and parasite eggs from a latrine dating from the late 1680s provides us with a detailed view of the diet in a Renaissance neighbourhood in Copenhagen. Analyses show that the residents had access to a varied diet of primarily fish, bread/porridge, and a range of fruits, nuts and herbs, including exotic products deriving from a global trade network. This study also shows that combining strands of evidence in a multi-proxy analysis of latrine deposits leads to much more nuanced results than with single-evidence analysis. Botanical evidence from seeds and pollen is combined here with results from previously published DNA analysis of plastids (Søe et al., 2018). Pollen of myrtle family, possibly cloves, as well as that of citrus family, have been observed, neither of which have been recorded archaeologically in Denmark before. Also, human tapeworm is recorded here for the first time in a Danish archaeological context.
AB - The combined analyses of grains, seeds, fruits, pollen, animal bones and parasite eggs from a latrine dating from the late 1680s provides us with a detailed view of the diet in a Renaissance neighbourhood in Copenhagen. Analyses show that the residents had access to a varied diet of primarily fish, bread/porridge, and a range of fruits, nuts and herbs, including exotic products deriving from a global trade network. This study also shows that combining strands of evidence in a multi-proxy analysis of latrine deposits leads to much more nuanced results than with single-evidence analysis. Botanical evidence from seeds and pollen is combined here with results from previously published DNA analysis of plastids (Søe et al., 2018). Pollen of myrtle family, possibly cloves, as well as that of citrus family, have been observed, neither of which have been recorded archaeologically in Denmark before. Also, human tapeworm is recorded here for the first time in a Danish archaeological context.
KW - Ancient DNA
KW - Archaeobotany
KW - Archaeozoology
KW - Diet
KW - Latrines
KW - Palaeoparasitology
KW - Palynology
U2 - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.06.006
DO - 10.1016/j.jasrep.2018.06.006
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85048380217
SN - 2352-409X
VL - 20
SP - 602
EP - 610
JO - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
JF - Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports
ER -