Abstract The Arene Candide Cave is a renowned site on the northwestern Italian coast that
has yielded numerous burials dating back to the terminal phases of the Pleistocene …

Isotopic analyses of prehistoric diet have only recently reached the threshold of going
beyond site-focused reports to provide regional syntheses showing larger trends. In this …

Background Hansen's disease (leprosy), widespread in medieval Europe, is today mainly
prevalent in tropical and subtropical regions with around 200,000 new cases reported …

The transition to farming brought on a series of important changes in human society,
lifestyle, diet and health. The human bioarchaeology of the agricultural transition has …

Rationale The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the application of serial
sampling of human dentine in archaeology. Rapid development in the field has provided …

In the present study, we report isotope (δ15N, δ13C) measurements on dentine increments
from first permanent molars, to investigate breastfeeding practices in Thessaloniki, a …

Objective The aim of this study was to analyze the occurrence and variations in C-shaped
canals in ancient Chinese teeth and compare the differences of these features between …

Objectives The aims of this research are to explore the diet, mobility, social organization,
and environmental exploitation patterns of early Mediterranean farmers, particularly the role …

Objective To assess developmental disturbances through the analysis of linear enamel
hypoplasia (LEH) frequency and to infer environmental stress and life history within Neolithic …

This Element volume focuses on how archaeologists construct narratives of past people and
environments from the complex and fragmented archaeological record. In keeping with its …