Diet och identitet : Analyser av kol- kväve- och svavelisotoper på indivier från det kristna senvikingatida gravfältet i Björned, Torsåkers socken, Ångermanland

• Main Author: Andersson, Karin
• Format: Bachelor Thesis
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för arkeologi och antikens kultur 2006
• Subjects: archaeology; stable isotopes; sulphur; diet; mobility; Christianity; Late Viking Age; arkeologi; stabila isotoper; svavel; mobilitet; kristendom; sen vikingatid; Kol’; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-1142

This paper deals with the late Viking age/early medieval grave field in Björned, Torsåker parish, Ångermanland County in northern Sweden. The grave field in Björned is rare because it has all the signs of being Christianized before the surroundings. This awakes questions such as if the people of Björned came from another place and brought the religion with them or if someone else did that for them. To find these answers I have analysed the stable isotope ratios [delta]13C, [delta]15N and [delta]34S in human bone collagen. Through these stable isotopes we can not only see what the people consumed but also where their food had its origin. It seems like several people from the grave field had a different origin then the rest.