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Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden

Gron, K.J.; Gröcke, D.R.; Larsson, M.; Sørensen, L.; Larsson, L.; Rowley-Conwy, P.A.; Church, M.J.

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Dr Kurt Gron k.j.gron@durham.ac.uk
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M. Larsson

L. Sørensen

L. Larsson



Abstract

Little is known about arable agriculture in the Early Neolithic (4000–3300 cal BC, Funnel Beaker Culture) of Southern Scandinavia. Archaeobotanical material is rare and few archaeological sites have yielded more than a small number of charred cereal grains. In this short communication, we present single-entity carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses of charred cereals from Stensborg, an early Funnel Beaker Culture site near Stockholm, Sweden. This cereal assemblage is important as it is large, well-preserved and consists of multiple crop species. Our isotopic results indicate that many of the Stensborg cereal crops had been manured and that there is intra- and inter-species variation in manuring. We interpret these data as evidence of an integrated regime of stock-keeping and small-scale agriculture in the early Funnel Beaker Culture near its northernmost limit.

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Gron, K., Gröcke, D., Larsson, M., Sørensen, L., Larsson, L., Rowley-Conwy, P., & Church, M. (2017). Nitrogen isotope evidence for manuring of Early Neolithic Funnel Beaker Culture cereals from Stensborg, Sweden. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 14, 575-579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.042

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 25, 2017
Online Publication Date Jun 29, 2017
Publication Date Aug 1, 2017
Deposit Date Jun 27, 2017
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Journal of archaeological science, reports.
Print ISSN 2352-409X
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 14
Pages 575-579
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.06.042

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