All things bright: copper grave goods and diet at the Neolithic site of Osłonki, Poland. (August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Budd, Chelsea; Bogucki, Peter; Lillie, Malcolm; Grygiel, Ryszard; Lorkiewicz, Wiesław; Schulting, Rick
• Is Part Of: Antiquity. Volume 94:Number 376(2020)
• Page Start: 932
• Page End: 947
• Publication Date: 2020-08
• Subjects: North European Plain, -- Neolithic, -- Brześć Kujawski Group, -- dietary isotopes, -- social status; Archaeology -- Periodicals; Antiquities -- Periodicals; 930.05
• DOI: 10.15184/aqy.2020.102
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0003-598X

Abstract

Abstract: Abstract : Understanding socioeconomic inequality is fundamental for studies of societal development in European prehistory. This article presents dietary (δ 13 C and δ 15 N) isotope values for human and animal bone collagen from Early Neolithic Osłonki 1 in north-central Poland ( c. 4600–4100 cal BC). A new series of AMS radiocarbon determinations show that, of individuals interred at the same time, those with copper artefacts exhibit significantly higher δ 13 C values than those without. The authors' results suggest a link between high-status goods and intra-community differences in diet and/or preferential access to the agropastoral landscape.