Diet reconstruction of the Sarmatians at Madaras
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1994
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Polskie Towarzystwo Antropologiczne
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117 samples from the proximal femora were taken from 50 skeletons excavated from the Sarmatian cemetery
at Madaras, situated on the southern part of the Hungarian Plain between the Danube and Tisza
rivers. These skeletons date from the 3rd to the 5th century A.D. A trace element analysis was used in order
to reconstruct their basic diet. The primary part of the Sarmatians' diet was vegetable as Sr, levels were high
whereas the Zn levels were low. Low Pb concentrations in the. Sarmatians' bones, as compared to those of
surrounding populations, testify to the low Pb of those surrounding populations, testify to the low Pb contamination
in their diet.
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Przegląd Antropologiczny, vol. 57, z. 1-2, 1994, pp. 65-69.
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0033-2003