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Carbon and nitrogen isotope signals in eel bone collagen from Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in northern Europe |
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| Authors: | Harry Robson Søren Andersen Oliver Craig Anders Fischer Aikaterini Glykou Sönke Hartz Harald Lübke Ulrich Schmölcke Carl Heron |
| Institution: | 1. Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Richmond Road, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD7 1DP, UK;2. Moesgård Museum, Moesgård Allé 20, DK-8270 Højbjerg, Denmark;3. BioArch, Department of Archaeology, University of York, York, YO10 5YW, UK;4. Graduate School “Human Development in Landscapes”, Institute of Pre- and Protohistoric Archaeology, Christian-Albrechts-Universität, Kiel, 24118 Kiel, Germany;5. Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloβ Gottorf, Archäologisches Landesmuseum, 24837 Schleswig, Germany;6. Schleswig-Holstein State Museum Foundation, Centre for Baltic and Scandinavian Archaeology, Schloß Gottorf, D-24837 Schleswig, Germany |
| Abstract: | Carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was undertaken on collagen extracted from eel bone from six Mesolithic and Neolithic sites in northern Europe. The results were compared with data obtained on other archaeological fish remains and modern eel caught in fresh and brackish water and from the sea. The possibility of discriminating between freshwater, brackish and marine signals in archaeological eel bone is evaluated and the implications for archaeology discussed. Our data suggest that eel found at coastal Mesolithic and Neolithic sites have carbon isotope signals consistent with a marine origin with no evidence of freshwater residency. The sample of eel bone from one inland site is small but indicates carbon isotope values more consistent with freshwater residency or at least values intermediate between freshwater and marine carbon pools. |
| Keywords: | Eel bone Collagen Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes Marine Freshwater Mesolithic Neolithic Germany Denmark |
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