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Reconstructing the impact of Romanization on diet at Nadin: Establishing the baseline

This presentation reports preliminary results of stable isotopic analyses of human bone and teeth samples from the site of Nadin-Gradina, Croatia. First established as a Liburnian Iron Age hillfort in the first millennium BCE, it was transformed into the Roman municipium Nedinum in the first century CE. The overarching goal of the archaeological project is to examine the impact of the demographic and economic restructuring of the region following its incorporation into the Roman empire. One aspect of this involves evaluating the impact of Romanization on agricultural production and diet. While archaeological evidence provides indirect evidence for the intensification of food production, stable isotopic analyses have the potential to provide direct evidence of changes in people’s diets. Bone and teeth samples were collected from individuals dated to the Liburnian phase of Nadin, and thus allows us to establish a baseline diet. These preliminary isotopic results indicate heavy reliance upon C3 foods (e.g., millet, wheat) with very little contribution from marine resources despite the sites proximity to the coast.

Nadin-Gradina, Liburnia, Iron Age, Antiquity, diet, stable isotopic analyses

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