On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?

Johannes van der Plicht; Sylva  Kaupová; Petr  Velemínský; Jiří  Smolík; Jan  Kučera; J. Kamenik; V. Havranek; Jaroslav  Brůžek; Jens Vellev; Kaare Lund Rasmussen

doi:10.1186/s40494-020-00399-8

On the diet of Tycho Brahe and his wife: did they consume fish from stagnant pools?

Johannes van der Plicht, Sylva Kaupová, Petr Velemínský, Jiří Smolík, Jan Kučera, J. Kamenik, V. Havranek, Jaroslav Brůžek, Jens Vellev, Kaare Lund Rasmussen

School of Culture and Society - Department of Archeology and Heritage Studies

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Abstract

Radiocarbon dating has been performed on cortical femoral tissue samples from Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) and his wife Kirsten Barbara Jørgensdatter (1549–1604). No discernible reservoir effect has been observed in either skeleton. This combined with unusually high δ15N values and seemingly terrestrial δ13C values, makes us suggest that a large fraction of their protein intake came from freshwater fish raised in stagnant pools.

Original language	English
Article number	73
Journal	Heritage Science
Volume	8
ISSN	2050-7445
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s40494-020-00399-8
Publication status	Published - Jul 2020

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