The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques
can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in …

The application of chemistry within archaeology is an important and fascinating area. It
allows the archaeologist to answer such questions as" what is this artefact made of?"," …

Naturally occurring variations in the stable isotope composition of fossil vertebrates have
been studied since the late 1970s. Isotopic data from vertebrate fossils are sometimes used …

Organic fertilizers have the capacity to alter the nitrogen isotopic composition of plants.
Camelid dung and seabird guano are two potentially important fertilizers in the agricultural …

Archaeological chemistry is a subject of great importance to the study and methodology of
archaeology. This comprehensive text covers the subject with a full range of case studies …

Recent excavations at Driffield Terrace in York (Northern England) revealed an extremely
unusual Romano-British cemetery of probably all-male composition, more than half of the …

Skeletal remains discovered in Simon's Town, South Africa, were hypothesised as being
associated with a former Dutch East India Company (VOC) hospital. We report a novel …

African archaeology has primarily been concerned with precolonial Africa. Consequently,
the archaeology of colonial and postcolonial Africa has been neglected, in spite of the …

Mortuary archaeology has always been viewed as one of the most richly evocative sources
of evidence for past social systems, particularly those without writing. However, the political …

Historical evidence documents mass migration from Ireland to London during the period of
the Great Irish Famine of 1845–52. The rural Irish were reliant on a restricted diet based on …