Isotope ratio mass spectrometry in forensic science applications

MPV Matos, GP Jackson - Forensic Chemistry, 2019 - Elsevier
This review highlights advances in the application of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS)
to materials of interest to the forensic community. We give special attention to the natural …

Investigating human geographic origins using dual-isotope (87Sr/86Sr, δ18O) assignment approaches

JE Laffoon, TF Sonnemann, T Shafie, CL Hofman… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Substantial progress in the application of multiple isotope analyses has greatly improved the
ability to identify nonlocal individuals amongst archaeological populations over the past …

FT-Raman spectroscopy as a method for screening collagen diagenesis in bone

CAM France, DB Thomas, CR Doney… - Journal of archaeological …, 2014 - Elsevier
This study examines Fourier transform (FT) Raman spectroscopy as a non-destructive
screening method to determine collagen quality in archaeological and paleontological …

Domesticated landscapes of the neotropics: Isotope signatures of human-animal relationships in pre-Columbian Panama

N Sugiyama, MF Martínez-Polanco, CAM France… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Throughout the New World, we encounter consistent and pervasive evidence that
confounds efforts to partition native species into watertight containers labeled …

[HTML][HTML] Jaguar and puma captivity and trade among the Maya: stable isotope data from Copan, Honduras

N Sugiyama, WL Fash, CAM France - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
From Moctezuma's zoo to animals kept in captivity at Teotihuacan, there is increasing
evidence that Mesoamericans managed wild animals for a myriad of purposes. The present …

Carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes reveal the human paleodiet evolution during the 8th-12th century in the Venetian Lagoon (Italy)

D Battistel, S Viva, C Turetta, S Cadamuro… - Archaeological and …, 2024 - Springer
The paleodiet evolution in a human community of Venetian Lagoon between the eighth and
twelfth centuries has been reconstructed by the stable isotopes analysis of δ13C and δ15N …

Quantifying collagen quality in archaeological bone: Improving data accuracy with benchtop and handheld Raman spectrometers

O Madden, DMW Chan, M Dundon… - Journal of Archaeological …, 2018 - Elsevier
Chemical analysis of collagen and other endogenous protein in excavated bones is ever
more common in paleontology and archaeology to determine dietary ecology, migration …

Stable isotope relationships between apatite phosphate (δ18O), structural carbonate (δ18O, δ13C), and collagen (δ2H, δ13C, δ15N, δ34S) in …

C Lehn, A Rossmann, C Mayr - Rapid Communications in Mass …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale The use of multi‐isotopic analysis (δ2H, δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, and δ34S values) of
modern human body tissues for provenancing of unknown individuals in forensics is …

Restoring identity to people and place: Reanalysis of human skeletal remains from a cemetery at Catoctin Furnace, Maryland

KS Bruwelheide, DW Owsley, KG Barca… - Historical …, 2020 - Springer
Nearly four decades ago, a highway expansion project resulted in the excavation of 35
unmarked graves at Catoctin Furnace, an industrial ironworking village in western Maryland …

Dietary habits in N ew F rance during the 17th and 18th centuries: An isotopic perspective

J Vigeant, I Ribot, JF Hélie - American Journal of Physical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Objective Little attention has been given, so far, to the early colonial diet in New France from
an isotopic perspective. Historical records that compare France to New France suggest a …