Palaeodiet at Eton College Rowing Course, Buckinghamshire: isotopic changes in human diet in the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods throughout the British Isles

Stevens, Rhiannon E.; Lightfoot, Emma; Allen, Tim; Hedges, Robert E. M.

doi:10.1007/s12520-012-0089-0

Table 2 Provenance, radiocarbon dates and isotopic values for Eton Rowing Lake humans investigated in this study

From: Palaeodiet at Eton College Rowing Course, Buckinghamshire: isotopic changes in human diet in the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age and Roman periods throughout the British Isles

Sample code	Context	Burial type	Site area	Element	Age category	Age	Sex	¹⁴C code	¹⁴C date	Period	δ¹³C	δ¹⁵N	C/N	Details
A/ERL/B 19	3839 (46603)	River	A5	Skull	Adult	>45	Male	OxA-8820	4,795 ± 50	Neolithic	−21.1	9.7	3.3	Recovered from palaeochannel
A/ERL/B/14	95 (692)	River	EX1	Clavicle	Adult	?	?	BM-3185	4,700 ± 50	Neolithic	−21	9.9	3.3	Recovered from palaeochannel
A/ERL/B/4	5587	Inhumation: Crouched burial	A6	Femur	Adult	25–30	Female	BM-3173	4,500 ± 60	Neolithic	−20.7	10.2	3.4	Located just outside ring ditch
A/ERL/B/9	7004 (45025)	River	River	Skull	Adult	>35	Male	OxA-8821	4,410 ± 45	Neolithic	−21.3	11.6	3.3	Recovered from palaeochannel
A/ERL/B/11	5856	Inhumation	A6	Humerus	Infant	c.5–6	?	BM-3170	4,400 ± 50	Neolithic	−21	10.5	3.4	Located just outside ring ditch
A/ERL/B/6	−81318	River	A6	Femur	Adult	c.21	Male	OxA-8817	4,155 ± 45	Neolithic	−21.4	10.8	3.4	Recovered from palaeochannel, Peterborough Ware Pottery and struck flint found on river bank close by
A/ERL/B/15	86 (8)	Inhumation: Crouched burial	A10	Femur	Juvenille	c.12	?	Not ¹⁴C dated	Not ¹⁴C dated	Bronze Age	−20.7	12.7	3.3	Located on edge of Bronze age waterhole
A/ERL/B/17	1811 (8500)	Sandbank	A1	Mandible	Adult	>40	?	OxA-8819	2,965 ± 45	Bronze Age	−20.3	10	3.3	Located on sandbank in middle of thames channel
A/ERL/B/1	86 (33)	Inhumation: Crouched burial	A10	Tibia	Adult	c.35	Male	BM-3138	2,900 ± 50	Bronze Age	−20.4	13	3.3	Located on edge of Bronze age waterhole
A/ERL/B/2	10400	Inhumation: Crouched burial	A16	Femur	Adult	18–20	Female	BM-3174	2,850 ± 50	Bronze Age	−20.7	11.7	3.3	Found with feotus either pregnant or died in childbirth, burial cut in to ring ditch
A/ERL/B/10	−57194	River	River	Skull	Adult	c.40	Male	OxA-8822	2,835 ± 40	Bronze Age	−19.7	10.5	3.3	Recovered from palaeochannel
A/ERL/B 18	1945 (8530)	Sandbank	A1	Tibia	Adult	?	?	OxA-8838	2,770 ± 40	Bronze Age	−19.8	10.3	3.3	Located on sandbank in middle of thames channel
A/ERL/B/16	3431 (14065)	River	A3	Femur	Young Adult	?	Female	OxA-8818	2,465 ± 40	Iron Age	−20	9.8	3.2	Recovered from river in close proximity to 3 wooden structures (possibly jetty)
A/ERL/B/12	12006	River	WB97	Tibia	Adult	?	?	OxA-10755	2,361 ± 35	IronAge	−20.2	10.3	3.2	Recovered from palaeochannel
A/ERL/B/7	3723 (46577)	River	A5	Femur	Adult	c.20	Male	OxA-8753	2,350 ± 45	Iron Age	−19.8	8.9	3.2	Recovered from river in close proximity to 3 wooden structures (possibly jetty)
A/ERL/B/13	12054	River	WB97	Femur	Adult	?	?	OxA-10756	2,285 ± 40	Iron Age	−20	10.9	3.3	Recovered from palaeochannel
A/ERL/B/5	7441 (45448)	River	River	Femur	Adult	?	?	OxA-8751	2,240 ± 40	Iron Age	−20	10.7	3.2	Recovered from river in close proximity to 3 wooden structures (possibly jetty)
A/ERL/B/3	5844	Inhumation	A6	Femur	Adult	c.35	Female	BM-3137	1,485 ± 40	Roman	−20.4	11.1	3.3

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