THE diet of an Iron Age Orcadian woman has sparked intrigue among scientists after they analysed her teeth.
Academics have said that the woman’s unusually seafood-rich diet “flies in the face” of what we know about Iron Age Britain, as there is very little evidence of fish being consumed at that time, according to experts at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI).
It has been suggested that there could have been social restrictions or taboos around the consumption of seafood at the time, which is why the woman, dubbed “The Elder”, is considered a special case.
