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Buried in water, burdened by nature—Resilience carried the Iron Age people through Fimbulvinter
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 15, Iss 4, p e0231787 (2020), Oinonen, Markku; Alenius, Teija; Arppe, Laura; Bocherens, Hervé; Etu-Sihvola, Heli; Helama, Samuli; Huhtamaa, Heli; Lahtinen, Maria; Mannermaa, Kristiina; Onkamo, Päivi; Palo, Jukka; Sajantila, Antti; Salo, Kati; Sundell, Tarja; Vanhanen, Santeri; Wessman, Anna (2020). Buried in water, burdened by nature – Resilience carried the Iron Age people through Fimbulvinter. PLoS ONE, 15(4), pp. 1-27. Public Library of Science 10.1371/journal.pone.0231787
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2020.
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Abstract
- Levanluhta is a unique archaeological site with the remains of nearly a hundred Iron Age individuals found from a water burial in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The strongest climatic downturn of the Common Era, resembling the great Fimbulvinter in Norse mythology, hit these people during the 6th century AD. This study establishes chronological, dietary, and livelihood synthesis on this population based on stable carbon and nitrogen isotopic and radiocarbon analyses on human remains, supported by multidisciplinary evidence. Extraordinarily broad stable isotopic distribution is observed, indicating three subgroups with distinct dietary habits spanning four centuries. This emphasizes the versatile livelihoods practiced at this boundary of marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems. While the impact of the prolonged cold darkness of the 6th century was devastating for European communities relying on cultivation, the broad range of livelihoods provided resilience for the Levanluhta people to overcome the abrupt climatic decline.
- Subjects :
- INDICATORS
Range (biology)
Marine and Aquatic Sciences
Social Sciences
Distribution (economics)
Fresh Water
Biochemistry
01 natural sciences
law.invention
CARBON
Osteology
LIFE-HISTORIES
law
SWEDEN
Medicine and Health Sciences
0601 history and archaeology
Radiocarbon dating
Finland
History, Ancient
media_common
Multidisciplinary
060102 archaeology
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology
Ecology
Agriculture
PALAEODIETARY
06 humanities and the arts
Resilience, Psychological
Livelihood
Radioactive Carbon Dating
Geography
Archaeology
Physical Sciences
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
Medicine
Terrestrial ecosystem
Psychological resilience
Anatomy
900 History
Research Article
Freshwater Environments
010506 paleontology
Science
Climate Change
media_common.quotation_subject
Research and Analysis Methods
Bone and Bones
DIET
Humans
RECONSTRUCTION
Chemical Characterization
Isotope Analysis
Nutrition
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Norse mythology
business.industry
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Radiometric Dating
Aquatic Environments
Biology and Life Sciences
Proteins
Feeding Behavior
15. Life on land
Probability Theory
Probability Distribution
RATIOS
Food
Iron Age
Archaeological Dating
Earth Sciences
570 Life sciences
biology
ISOTOPES
business
Collagens
Mathematics
VOLCANIC-ERUPTIONS
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 15
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLOS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....4223b3fa6371d6289923bf8c8b653294