Deciphering diet and monitoring movement: Multiple stable isotope analysis of the viking age settlement at Hofstaðir, Lake Mývatn, Iceland

• Published in: American Journal of Physical Anthropology
• Main Authors: Sayle, Kerry L., Hamilton, W. Derek, Cook, Gordon T., Ascough, Philippa L., Gestsdóttir, Hildur, McGovern, Thomas H.
• Other Authors: Universiteit Stellenbosch
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2016
• Subjects: Hofstaðir; Mývatn; Skútustaðir; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.22939; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fajpa.22939; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ajpa.22939

ABSTRACT Objectives A previous multi‐isotope study of archaeological faunal samples from Skútustaðir, an early Viking age settlement on the southern shores of Lake Mývatn in north‐east Iceland, demonstrated that there are clear differences in δ 34 S stable isotope values between animals deriving the...