Tankar kring Torsk : Isotopanalyser av torskkotor för att undersöka vikten av torskimport i medeltida Sverige

• Main Author: Krooks, Beatrice
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Arkeologiska forskningslaboratoriet 2013
• Subjects: Torsk; isotop; isotopanalys; medeltid; Kring; Vikten; atlantic cod; Gadus morhua
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-104102

This essay discusses the import of cod (Gadus morhua) in Sweden during the Middle Ages through isotope analysis of cod vertebrae. The isotope analysis is used to trace the cods origin to either the Baltic Sea or the Atlantic Ocean. The bones were subjected to d13C, d15N and d34S analysis; 64 of the...