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ArticleScientific reports2025

Baseline isotopic variability in plants and animals and implications for the reconstruction of human diet in 1 st century AD Pompeii.

Silvia Soncin, Valeria Amoretti, Chiara Comegna, Chiara Assunta Corbino, Noemi Mantile, Simona Altieri, Maria Rosa Di Cicco, Valentina Giacometti, Jan Bakker, Marina Caso and 6 more

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16 authors.

Silvia SoncinDepartment of Environmental Biology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza Università Di Roma, Rome, Italy. silvia.soncin@uniroma1.it.
Valeria AmorettiPompeii Archaeological Park, Pompeii, Naples, Italy.
Chiara ComegnaPompeii Archaeological Park, Pompeii, Naples, Italy.
Chiara Assunta CorbinoPompeii Archaeological Park, Pompeii, Naples, Italy.
Noemi MantileDepartment of Environmental Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Simona AltieriDepartment of Environmental Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Maria Rosa Di CiccoDepartment of Environmental Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Valentina GiacomettiDepartment of Environmental Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy.
Jan BakkerACASA, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Marina CasoHerculaneum Archaeological Park, Ercolano, Naples, Italy.
Angela TrentacosteThe British School at Rome, Rome, Italy.
Steven EllisDepartment of Classics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.
Mary Anne TafuriDepartment of Environmental Biology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, Sapienza Università Di Roma, Rome, Italy.
Gabriel ZuchtriegelPompeii Archaeological Park, Pompeii, Naples, Italy.
Oliver Edward CraigDepartment of Archaeology, BioArCh, University of York, York, UK.
Carmine LubrittoDepartment of Environmental Biological and Pharmaceutical Science and Technology and Mediterranean bioArchaeological Research Advances (MAReA) Centre, University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Caserta, Italy. carmine.lubritto@unicampania.it.

Funding

AHRC White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities AH/L503848/1European Research Council ERC-ADG-2015 No 693600
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While Pompeii has long captured the imagination with its history and tragic end, recent efforts have shifted towards unveiling everyday lifeways. Our study seeks to explore agricultural and husbandry practices in Pompeii, aiming to explore isotopic variability of different food categories available to the Romans within this unique "snapshot" scenario. To do so, we deploy stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis of plants and animals. Our findings suggest a diversity of practices, with isotopic variation in C

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Carbon IsotopesDietNitrogen IsotopesPlantsAnimalsArchaeologyEdible GrainHistory, AncientHumansRoman WorldCarbon IsotopesNitrogen IsotopesAgricultureHusbandryPompeiiRoman dietRoman economyStable isotopes

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PMID40754595
PMCPMC12319099

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