On the road again—a review of pretreatment methods for the decontamination of skeletal materials for strontium isotopic and concentration analysis

CA Wathen, S Isaksson, K Lidén - Archaeological and Anthropological …, 2022 - Springer
Strontium isotopic and concentration results from archeological skeletons have proved
useful in demonstrating human and animal mobility patterns, and dietary life-history. This …

Osteological, multi-isotope and proteomic analysis of poorly-preserved human remains from a Dutch East India Company burial ground in South Africa

J Olszewski, RA Hall, LM Kootker, NJ Oldham… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Isotopic biographies reveal horse rearing and trading networks in medieval London

AJE Pryor, C Ameen, R Liddiard, G Baker… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
This paper reports a high-resolution isotopic study of medieval horse mobility, revealing their
origins and in-life mobility both regionally and internationally. The animals were found in an …

Ancient genomes from a rural site in Imperial Rome (1st–3rd cent. CE): a genetic junction in the Roman Empire

F De Angelis, V Veltre, M Romboni… - Annals of Human …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Background Rome became the prosperous Capital of the Roman Empire through the
political and military conquests of neighbouring areas. People were able to move …

Creating communities of care: Sex estimation and mobility histories of adolescents buried in the cemetery of St. Mary Magdalen leprosarium (Winchester, England)

KL Filipek, CA Roberts, J Montgomery… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study examines the biological sex and geographical origins of adolescents
buried at the St Mary Magdalen leprosarium (Winchester, UK). The data are combined with …

Silver linings at the dawn of a “Golden Age”

K Britton, BE Crowley, CP Bataille, JH Miller… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Nearly four decades after the first applications of strontium isotope analyses in archaeology
and paleoecology research, it could be said that we are entering a “Golden Age”. Here, we …

[PDF][PDF] Youth mobility, migration, and health before and after the black death

M Lewis, J Montgomery - Bioarchaeology International, 2023 - researchgate.net
Migration is driven by the young but despite this, few isotope studies focus on adolescent
migrants or the intricate nature of their movement. Using a multi-analytical approach, the …

Geographic origin and social status of the Gallic warriors from Ribemont‐sur‐Ancre (France) studied through isotope systematics of bone remains

T Clauzel, P Richardin, J Ricard… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Ribemont‐sur‐Ancre, France, is the biggest excavated human skeletal assemblage
of Northern Gaul. It is interpreted as a post‐battle deposit constructed to celebrate war …

Comparison of powdered enamel sample pretreatment methods for strontium isotope analysis

BE Crowley, EM Bruff Simpson, SJ Hammer… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Most researchers assume minimal impact of pretreatment on strontium isotope ratios
(87Sr/86Sr) for bones and teeth, and methods vary tremendously. We compared 14 …

Life in medieval Cambridge: an isotopic analysis of diet and mobility

A Rose - 2021 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Cambridge was a well-established town and an important trade centre in the High and Late
Medieval period (11th-16th century). Historical accounts and archaeological evidence …