Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery
Although recent historical ecology studies have extended quantitative knowledge of eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) exploitation back as far as the 16th century, the historical origin of the modern fishery remains obscure. Widespread archaeological evidence for cod consumption around the eastern Ba...
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/25024 2023-05-15T15:09:38+02:00 Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery Orton, David Makowiecki, Daniel de Roo, Tessa Johnstone, Cluny Harland, Jennifer Jonsson, Leif Heinrich, Dirk Enghoff, Inge Bødker Lougas, Lembi Van Neer, Wim Ervynck, Anton Hufthammer, Anne Karin Amundsen, Colin Jones, Andrew K. G. Locker, Alison Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila Pope, Peter MacKenzie, Brian R. Richards, Michael O'Connell, Tamsin C. Barrett, James H 2011-11-16 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25024 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027568 eng eng Public Library of Science PLOS ONE http://hdl.handle.net/1956/5651 Orton D, Makowiecki D, de Roo T, Johnstone C, Harland J, Jonsson L, Heinrich D, Enghoff IB, Lougas L, Van Neer W, Ervynck A, Hufthammer AK, Amundsen C, Jones AKG, Locker A, Hamilton-Dyer S, Pope P, MacKenzie BR, Richards M, O'Connell, Barrett JH. Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery. PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11) FRIDAID 859856 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027568 1932-6203 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25024 openAccess Copyright 2011 The Author(s) VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Systematisk zoologi: 487 VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Systematic zoology: 487 Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2011 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0027568 2022-05-11T22:58:43Z Although recent historical ecology studies have extended quantitative knowledge of eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) exploitation back as far as the 16th century, the historical origin of the modern fishery remains obscure. Widespread archaeological evidence for cod consumption around the eastern Baltic littoral emerges around the 13th century, three centuries before systematic documentation, but it is not clear whether this represents (1) development of a substantial eastern Baltic cod fishery, or (2) large-scale importation of preserved cod from elsewhere. To distinguish between these hypotheses we use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to determine likely catch regions of 74 cod vertebrae and cleithra from 19 Baltic archaeological sites dated from the 8th to the 16th centuries. d 13 C and d 15 N signatures for six possible catch regions were established using a larger sample of archaeological cod cranial bones (n = 249). The data strongly support the second hypothesis, revealing widespread importation of cod during the 13th to 14th centuries, most of it probably from Arctic Norway. By the 15th century, however, eastern Baltic cod dominate within our sample, indicating the development of a substantial late medieval fishery. Potential human impact on cod stocks in the eastern Baltic must thus be taken into account for at least the last 600 years. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Gadus morhua University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Norway PLoS ONE 6 11 e27568 |
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VDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Systematisk zoologi: 487 VDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Systematic zoology: 487 Orton, David Makowiecki, Daniel de Roo, Tessa Johnstone, Cluny Harland, Jennifer Jonsson, Leif Heinrich, Dirk Enghoff, Inge Bødker Lougas, Lembi Van Neer, Wim Ervynck, Anton Hufthammer, Anne Karin Amundsen, Colin Jones, Andrew K. G. Locker, Alison Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila Pope, Peter MacKenzie, Brian R. Richards, Michael O'Connell, Tamsin C. Barrett, James H Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery |
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Although recent historical ecology studies have extended quantitative knowledge of eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) exploitation back as far as the 16th century, the historical origin of the modern fishery remains obscure. Widespread archaeological evidence for cod consumption around the eastern Baltic littoral emerges around the 13th century, three centuries before systematic documentation, but it is not clear whether this represents (1) development of a substantial eastern Baltic cod fishery, or (2) large-scale importation of preserved cod from elsewhere. To distinguish between these hypotheses we use stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis to determine likely catch regions of 74 cod vertebrae and cleithra from 19 Baltic archaeological sites dated from the 8th to the 16th centuries. d 13 C and d 15 N signatures for six possible catch regions were established using a larger sample of archaeological cod cranial bones (n = 249). The data strongly support the second hypothesis, revealing widespread importation of cod during the 13th to 14th centuries, most of it probably from Arctic Norway. By the 15th century, however, eastern Baltic cod dominate within our sample, indicating the development of a substantial late medieval fishery. Potential human impact on cod stocks in the eastern Baltic must thus be taken into account for at least the last 600 years. |
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Orton, David Makowiecki, Daniel de Roo, Tessa Johnstone, Cluny Harland, Jennifer Jonsson, Leif Heinrich, Dirk Enghoff, Inge Bødker Lougas, Lembi Van Neer, Wim Ervynck, Anton Hufthammer, Anne Karin Amundsen, Colin Jones, Andrew K. G. Locker, Alison Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila Pope, Peter MacKenzie, Brian R. Richards, Michael O'Connell, Tamsin C. Barrett, James H |
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Orton, David Makowiecki, Daniel de Roo, Tessa Johnstone, Cluny Harland, Jennifer Jonsson, Leif Heinrich, Dirk Enghoff, Inge Bødker Lougas, Lembi Van Neer, Wim Ervynck, Anton Hufthammer, Anne Karin Amundsen, Colin Jones, Andrew K. G. Locker, Alison Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila Pope, Peter MacKenzie, Brian R. Richards, Michael O'Connell, Tamsin C. Barrett, James H |
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Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery |
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Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery |
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Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery |
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Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery |
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Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery |
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stable isotope evidence for late medieval (14th-15th c) origins of the eastern baltic cod (gadus morhua) fishery |
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PLOS ONE http://hdl.handle.net/1956/5651 Orton D, Makowiecki D, de Roo T, Johnstone C, Harland J, Jonsson L, Heinrich D, Enghoff IB, Lougas L, Van Neer W, Ervynck A, Hufthammer AK, Amundsen C, Jones AKG, Locker A, Hamilton-Dyer S, Pope P, MacKenzie BR, Richards M, O'Connell, Barrett JH. Stable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fishery. PLOS ONE. 2011;6(11) FRIDAID 859856 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0027568 1932-6203 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/25024 |
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