• Dangerous Food. Climate change induced elevated heavy metal levels in Younger Stone Age seafood in northern Norway. 

      Blankholm, Hans Peter; Lidén, Kerstin; Kovaevic, Nikola; Angerbjörn, Karin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-01-28)
      Stable isotope and elemental analyses of the Atlantic cod (<i>Gadus morhua</i>) and harp seal (<i>Phoca groenlandica</i>) bone component of the marine food that dominated the Younger Stone Age (c. 6.1–3.5 ka BP) diet in Varanger, Arctic northern Norway, indicate, at times, climate change induced highly elevated levels of the heavy metals cadmium (Cd) and lead (Pb), and elevated levels of mercury ...
    • Zooarchaeological and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings 

      Salmi, Anna-Kaisa; Fjellström, Markus; Äikäs, Tiina; Spangen, Marte; Nunez, Milton; Lidén, Kerstin (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-12-19)
      This paper presents new osteometric and stable isotope evidence of Sámi reindeer offerings. Previous archaeological studies have shown that reindeer domestication and intensification of reindeer herding transformed Sámi indigenous religion. However, because of the methodological challenges in the identification of wild and domesticated reindeer in the archaeological record, the exact nature of the ...