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dc.contributor.authorOrton, David
dc.contributor.authorMakowiecki, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorde Roo, Tessa
dc.contributor.authorJohnstone, Cluny
dc.contributor.authorHarland, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorJonsson, Leif
dc.contributor.authorHeinrich, Dirk
dc.contributor.authorEnghoff, Inge Bødker
dc.contributor.authorLougas, Lembi
dc.contributor.authorVan Neer, Wim
dc.contributor.authorErvynck, Anton
dc.contributor.authorHufthammer, Anne Karin
dc.contributor.authorAmundsen, Colin
dc.contributor.authorJones, Andrew K. G.
dc.contributor.authorLocker, Alison
dc.contributor.authorHamilton-Dyer, Sheila
dc.contributor.authorPope, Peter
dc.contributor.authorMacKenzie, Brian R.
dc.contributor.authorRichards, Michael
dc.contributor.authorO'Connell, Tamsin C.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, James H
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-09T05:18:22Z
dc.date.available2022-05-09T05:18:22Z
dc.date.issued2011-11-16
dc.description.abstractAlthough 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<sup>13</sup>C and d<sup>15</sup>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.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOrton 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)en_US
dc.identifier.cristinIDFRIDAID 859856
dc.identifier.doi10.1371/journal.pone.0027568
dc.identifier.issn1932-6203
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/25024
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_US
dc.relation.journalPLOS ONE
dc.relation.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1956/5651
dc.rights.accessRightsopenAccessen_US
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2011 The Author(s)en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Matematikk og naturvitenskap: 400::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480::Systematisk zoologi: 487en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Mathematics and natural scienses: 400::Zoology and botany: 480::Systematic zoology: 487en_US
dc.titleStable isotope evidence for late Medieval (14th-15th C) origins of the eastern Baltic cod (Gadus morhua) fisheryen_US
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.typeTidsskriftartikkelen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US


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