Enhancing insights into foraging specialization in the world's largest fish using a multi‐tissue, multi‐isotope approach

ASJ Wyatt, R Matsumoto, Y Chikaraishi… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Intra‐species variability in foraging strategies may be common, which has significant
implications for efforts to understand and manage enigmatic species like the whale shark …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of taphonomy on histological and isotopic analyses of treated and untreated buried modern human bone

RAG Reid, MME Jans, LA Chesson, RJ Taylor… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The chemical (eg, preservation/embalming) treatment of skeletal remains can reduce overall
DNA quality and quantity. The histological and stable isotope examination of treated and …

Assessment of nutritional stress in famine burials using stable isotope analysis

BS Walter, SN DeWitte, T Dupras… - American journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives We compared δ15N and δ13C values from bone and dentine collagen profiles of
individuals interred in famine‐related and attritional burials to evaluate whether individuals …

[HTML][HTML] On tackling abuse of older people: The forensic challenges in fatal cases investigation

A Giorgetti, G Pelletti, C Fiorentini, MC Mazzotti, P Fais… - Legal Medicine, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The World Health Organization recently presented the priorities for tackling abuse
of older people in a coordinated and strategic way. However, data on the forensic scenario …

Effect of cocooning conditions on the structure, carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of silks

H Li, Y He, L Jia, Y Liu, D Yang, S Shao, G Lv, H Yang… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The stable isotope technique provides the possibility to trace ancient textiles because the
technique is associated with advantages such as trace indication, fast detection, and …

Sidon on the breadth of the wild sea: Movement and diet on the Mediterranean coast in the Middle Bronze Age

C Stantis, N Maaranen, A Kharobi… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Objectives Excavations at Sidon (Lebanon) have revealed dual identities during the
Middle Bronze Age (ca. 2000–1600 BCE): a maritime port and center for local distribution …

Expanding on incremental dentin methodology to investigate childhood and infant feeding practices on Taumako (southeast Solomon Islands)

C Stantis, HR Buckley, A Commendador… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Though many ethnohistoric sources in the tropical Pacific recount chiefly feasting events,
few describe childhood feeding practices despite the impact childhood under-nutrition may …

Carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur elemental and isotopic variations in mouse hair and bone collagen during short-term graded calorie restriction

E Gutierrez, S Mitchell, C Hambly, KL Sayle… - iScience, 2024 - cell.com
This study characterized the effect of calorie restriction (CR) on elemental content and stable
isotope ratio measurements of bone" collagen" and hair keratin. Adult mice on graded CR …

A modern baseline for the paired isotopic analysis of skin and bone in terrestrial mammals

SP Doherty, MJ Collins, AJT Harris… - Royal Society …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
We present the isotopic discrimination between paired skin and bone collagen from animals
of known life history, providing a modern baseline for the interpretation of archaeological …

[HTML][HTML] Using evidence from hair and other soft tissues to infer the need for and receipt of health-related care provision

EL Brown, AS Wilson - International Journal of Paleopathology, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Bioarchaeology of Care approach developed by Tilley is usually applied to
skeletalized human remains, given the usual constraints of preservation bias that are seen …