Strontium is a chemical element without biological functions in humans. In fact, only two
biological roles are known, both as a biomineral constituent. However, strontium and …

This paper reviews and updates the anthropological knowledge about Middle-Late Neolithic
populations in Portugal. This territory is rich in prehistoric burial sites, particularly those of …

Abstract Strontium isotopes (87 Sr/86 Sr) provide valuable information to help reconstruct
past mobility. For the analysis of archaeological tooth enamel to provide a direct assessment …

The analysis of the human remains from the megalithic tomb at Alto de Reinoso represents
the widest integrative study of a Neolithic collective burial in Spain. Combining archaeology …

Cinnabar is a natural mercury sulfide (HgS) mineral of volcanic or hydrothermal origin that is
found worldwide. It has been mined prehistorically and historically in China, Japan, Europe …

Santiago de Compostela is, together with Rome and Jerusalem, one of the three main
pilgrimage and religious centres for Catholicism. The belief that the remains of St James the …

In the N eolithic and C opper A ge collective burials of the P ortuguese E stremadura, the
majority of material culture and skeletal remains are highly commingled, making it difficult for …

We examine the quantity, contextual quality and spatial distribution of the data gathered in
the strontium isotope archaeological database for the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic …

Abstract Measurement of 87 Sr/86 Sr relative abundance ratios in tooth enamel is a primary
method to determine human paleomobility, and a growing number of studies now use these …

Isotope analyses of bones and teeth allow us to study phenomena which occurred in the
history of human species and which are difficult to capture by traditional anthropological …