ArticleScientific reports2026
Dietary perspectives on social asymmetry in a full Iron Age community of northern Italy: stable isotope evidence from the Patavine CUS-Piovego necropolis.
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Understanding how social inequality influenced access to food resources in past societies is a central issue in archaeology, as dietary practices provide important insights into how resources were distributed within communities and how social hierarchies were structured and maintained over time. During the Iron Age, in line with broader European patterns, northern Italy - and particularly the Veneto region - underwent processes of urbanisation and increasing social complexity that likely reshaped patterns of resource use and social differentiation. However, despite the widespread application of stable isotope analysis across Europe to investigate these dynamics, northern Italy remains notably underrepresented, leaving the relationship between diet and social organisation in this region poorly understood. This study presents carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) isotope data from 19 human and 16 faunal remains recovered from the Iron Age necropolis of CUS-Piovego in Padua (Veneto). The analysis focuses on inhumed individuals of the necropolis - archaeologically interpreted as social marginal personae or low-status individuals - to evaluate how dietary practices may have reflected or reinforced social asymmetries within the local community. Results indicate a terrestrial-based diet with limited variability and a strong reliance on C
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