On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?

On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?

Abstract Radiocarbon dating has been performed on cortical femoral tissue samples from Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and his wife Kirsten Barbara Jørgensdatter (1549–1604). No discernible reservoir effect has been observed in either skeleton. This combined with unusually high δ15N values and seemingly ter...

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Main Authors: Johannes van der Plicht, Sylva Drtikolová Kaupová, Petr Velemínský, Jiří Smolík, Jan Kučera, Jan Kameník, Vladimír Havránek, Jaroslav Brůžek, Jens Vellev, Kaare Lund Rasmussen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Heritage Science
Subjects:
Tycho Brahe
Kirsten Jørgensdatter
Diet
13C
15N
Radiocarbon
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40494-020-00399-8

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