Waddington, C. and Montgomery, J. (2017). Further excavations at Fin Cop and stable isotope analysis of the skeletons. The Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 137. Vol 137, pp. 22-65. https://doi.org/10.5284/1084752. Cite this via datacite
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Further excavations at Fin Cop and stable isotope analysis of the skeletons | ||
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The Derbyshire Archaeological Journal 137 | ||
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22 - 65 | ||
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The main results and discussion of the Fin Cop investigations has been published elsewhere (Waddington 2012). This paper presents the results from a further excavation trench (Trench 9) cut across the southeast corner of the rampart during the summers of 2012 and 2014 by Archaeological Research Services Ltd with the help of local volunteers and, for the 2012 season only, with the assistance of Cranfi eld University as part of their student fi eldwork training. The trench was extended by 2m in a southerly direction during the 2014 season. The excavation followed directly on from the investigations undertaken by Archaeological Research Services Ltd and the Longstone Local History Group during 2009 and 2010. The partial remains of at least 6 human individuals comprising two adults, one perinate and three neonates were identifi ed in the rampart destruction deposit within the fi ll of the hillfort ditch in Trench 9. Small fragments of animal bone were also found in the hillfort ditch and within the stone wall core comprising remains of cattle, sheep/goat, rabbit/hare and a possible rat. Botanical macrofossils and charred wood were also present, together with a few small pottery fragments and a small assemblage of residual chipped stone tools resulting from Stone Age activity on the site. Strontium, oxygen, carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis was undertaken on teeth and bone from four adults, a juvenile, two infants and fi ve peri/neonates that were retrieved from the various excavation campaigns. The carbon and nitrogen isotopes of the adults indicate a mixed diet of terrestrial C3 plants and animal protein which is in line with contemporaneous Iron Age populations in Britain. More variation was observed in the sub-adults which may be related to breastfeeding or prenatal stress. Strontium and oxygen isotopes of fi ve of the individuals indicate that only one adult was consistent with origins on the limestone of the White Peak and three individuals were consistent with sedimentary regions within 20 miles. One adult female has an unusually high strontium isotope ratio which is indicative of origins in a granitic terrain. | ||
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