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Child-mother relationships and childhood dietary patterns in the Iberian Penins...
Toso, Alice; Casimiro, Silvia; Oxborough, Charlotte; Schifano, Simona; García-Collado, Maite I.; Cardoso, Francisca Alves; Soares, JoaquinaThis study examines trends in infant diet, breastfeeding and weaning in Portugal through time in Roman, Medieval Muslim and Christian skeletal assemblages (1st to the 15th century CE). New stable carbon (delta 13C) and nitrogen (delta 15N) measurements were collected from 143 non-adults and 46 adults that are analysed alongside comparative published datasets from contemporaneous Iberian populations. A statistic...
Beyond faith: Biomolecular evidence for changing urban economies in multi‐faith...
Toso, Alice; Schifano, Simona; Oxborough, Charlotte; McGrath, Krista; Spindler, Luke; Castro, Anabela; Evangelista, Lucy; Filipe, VanessaDuring the Middle Ages, Portugal witnessed unprecedented socioeconomic and religious changes under transitioning religious political rule. The implications of changing ruling powers for urban food systems and individual diets in medieval Portugal is poorly understood. This study aimed to elucidate the dietary impact of the Islamic and Christian conquests.