title: C4 -consumers in southern Europe: the case of Friuli V.G. (NE-Italy) during early and central Middle Ages.
abstract: Isotope variations were studied in necropolises of the early (6th to 7th century CE) and central (10th to 11th century CE) medieval period located in Fruili-Venezia Giulia (Northeastern Italy). The two periods each shortly followed two great barbarian invasions that changed the politics and economy of Italy: the arrivals of Langobards in 578 CE and the Hungarian incursions from the end of the 9th to the first half of the 10th century. These events had a tragic effect on the economy of Friuli-Venezia Giulia: severe depopulation and the partial abandonment of the countryside with fall of agricultural production.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Parma, Dipartimento di Fisica e Scienze della Terra "M. Melloni", Parco Area delle Scienze 157/A, 43100, Parma, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Iacumin
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Galli
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cavalli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cecere
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D001031:Apatites / Q000737:chemistry; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000737:chemistry; D002247:Carbon Isotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D002417:Cattle; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes / Q000032:analysis*; D013552:Swine; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D001031:Apatites; D002247:Carbon Isotopes; D009587:Nitrogen Isotopes
keywords: Langobards; Middle Ages; Slavic population; diet reconstruction; stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes