Migration and cultural integration in the early medieval cemetery of Finglesham, Kent, through stable isotopes

Abstract Debate over migrations to Britain during the fifth and sixth centuries AD is still rampant in archaeological discourse. Stable carbon, nitrogen oxygen isotope values from multiple tissues individuals buried at Finglesham Kent first millennium demonstrate not only migration of region but also highlight community integration through foodways refute previous models ‘invasion’ replacement. This case study suggests gendered differences mobility into early medieval England, with males more likely be migrants cooler regions than women. It challenges traditional narratives social status these furnished cemeteries being linked diet or migrant no clear correlations found between funerary treatment isotopic signatures. multi-tissue multi-isotope tracks dietary changes this multi-origin throughout their lives shows that they may have even changed diets adapt Christianising influences region.