C4-consumers in southern europe: The case of friuli V.G. (NE-Italy) during early and central middle ages

• Published in: American journal of physical anthropology 2014-08, Vol.154 (4), p.561-574
• Main Authors: Iacumin, P., Galli, E., Cavalli, F., Cecere, L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Agricultural production; Animals; Anthropology, Physical; Apatites - chemistry; Bone and Bones - chemistry; Carbon Isotopes - analysis; Cattle; Child; Child, Preschool; Consumer behaviour; Diet - ethnology; Diet - history; diet reconstruction; Europe; Female; History, Medieval; Humans; Hungary; Invasions; Italy; Italy - ethnology; Langobards; Male; Middle age; Middle Aged; Middle Ages; Nitrogen Isotopes - analysis; Physical anthropology; Politics; Slavic population; stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes; Swine; Young Adult
• ISSN: 0002-9483; 1096-8644; 2692-7691
• DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22553

ABSTRACT Isotope variations were studied in necropolises of the early (6th to 7th century CE) and central (10th to 11th century CE) medieval period located in Fruili‐Venezia Giulia (Northeastern Italy). The two periods each shortly followed two great barbarian invasions that changed the politics and economy of Italy: the arrivals of Langobards in 578 CE and the Hungarian incursions from the end of the 9th to the first half of the 10th century. These events had a tragic effect on the economy of Friuli‐Venezia Giulia: severe depopulation and the partial abandonment of the countryside with fall of agricultural production. Am J Phys Anthropol 154:561–574, 2014. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.