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Limited or willing? Dietary pathways of the Mudejares of the Kingdom of Valencia through stable isotopes analysis
Stockholm University, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Archaeology and Classical Studies, Archaeological Research Laboratory. Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, Spain.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6499-226x
Number of Authors: 22026 (English)In: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, ISSN 1866-9557, E-ISSN 1866-9565, Vol. 18, no 1, article id 5Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The Mudejares, a Muslim minority living in the Iberian Christian kingdoms during the Late Middle Ages, progressively lost rights and were segregated to rural areas, until they forcefully converted to Christianity on the 15th century and were expelled from Spain at the beginning of the 17th century. Some moderate language editing would add to the clarity of the text throughout, the highlighted area is only one example. Their minority status led to substantial changes in their daily life and access to resources. This work reconstructs the diet of one of the largest Mudejar settlements in the Kingdom of Valencia, Uixó, through stable isotopes in caprine (n = 5) and human bone (n = 27) samples. Although all caprines ate C3 plants, two groups can be distinguished most likely due to different management strategies. Meanwhile, human δ13Ccol points towards a terrestrial mixed diet with direct intake of C4 plants, which are traditionally associated with lower economic strata. δ34S values further support little consumption of marine resources. δ15N values suggest a non-restricted access to animal products, further indicating the lack of extraordinary periods of food scarcity found by a previous paleopathological study. The observed variability in C4 plants consumption is also found in other Andalusi and Mudejar communities of the region, for which reason this work discusses the observed dietary patterns taking various factors into account, such as cultural preferences related to the influence of North-African culinary traditions, modification of farming strategies perhaps related to climate deterioration, but also to an imposition linked to the ruralization of these communities and their minority status.

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2026. Vol. 18, no 1, article id 5
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Diet, Minority communities, Mudejar Iberia, Stable isotopes
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-251347DOI: 10.1007/s12520-025-02368-3ISI: 001637756600002Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-105024710631OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-251347DiVA, id: diva2:2030274
Available from: 2026-01-20 Created: 2026-01-20 Last updated: 2026-01-20Bibliographically approved

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