Dietary Distinction of Central European Prehistoric and Medieval Elites

Corina Knipper, Petra Held, Marc Fecher,Nicole Nicklisch, Christian Meyer, Hildrun Schreiber,Bernd Zich, Carola Metzner-Nebelsick, Vera Hubensack,Leif Hansen, Elke Nieveler, and Kurt W. AltCurt Engelhorn Centre Archaeometry gGmbH, D6, 3, 68159Mannheim, Germany (corina.knipper@cez-archaeometrie.de) (Knipper)/Soil Sciences, Department of Geography,Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Johann-Joachim-Becher-Weg 21, 55099 Mainz, Germany (Held)/Institute ofAnthropology, University of Mainz, Colonel-Kleinmann-Weg 2, 55128 Mainz, Germany (Fecher and Schreiber)/StateOffice for Heritage Management and Archaeology Saxony-Anhalt and State Museum of Prehistory, Richard-Wagner-Strase 9, 06114 Halle (Saale), Germany (Nicklisch, Meyer,Zich, and Alt)/Department of Cultural Sciences and Archae-ology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Geschwister-Scholl-Platz1,80539Munich,Germany(Metzner-Nebelsick)/StateOfficeforArchaeologySaxony,ZurWetterwarte7,01099Dresden, Germany (Hubensack)/State Office for CulturalHeritageBaden-Wuerttemberg,Referat85,BerlinerStrase12,73728 Esslingen, Germany (Hansen)/LVR-LandesMuseumBonn, Rheinisches Landesmuseum fur Archaologie, Kunstund Kulturgeschichte, Colmantstrase 14–16, 53115 Bonn,Germany (Nieveler)/Center for Natural and Cultural Historyof the Teeth, Danube Private University, Steiner Landstrase124, 3500 Krems, Austria (Alt and Nicklisch)/Institute forPrehistory and Archaeological Science, Basel University,Spalenring 145, 4055 Basel, Switzerland (Alt). This paper wassubmitted 20 VII 14, accepted 24 XI 14, and electronicallypublished 25 VI 15.