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 …

Whether a Roman diet existed is a constant issue in Classical archaeology, as it is also its
persistence in late Antiquity. Here, we review the isotopic composition (δ13Ccol and …

Several dog skeletons were excavated at the Roman town of Augusta Raurica and at the
military camp of Vindonissa, located in the northern Alpine region of Switzerland (Germania …

In this paper, we aim to reconstruct the dietary habits of supposedly lower rank nobles or
middle-class High Middle Ages individuals recovered from the cloister arcade of San Pier …

The present research investigates the relationship between dietary habits and mortality
patterns in the Roman Imperial and Medieval periods. The reconstructions of population …

Abstract Since its establishment, Portus Romae represented a hub for the trade of goods to
and from Rome. Similarly, commercial activities should have pushed the intermingling of …

The paleodiet evolution in a human community of Venetian Lagoon between the eighth and
twelfth centuries has been reconstructed by the stable isotopes analysis of δ13C and δ15N …

Background Tooth wear is a non-pathological loss of hard tissues on the incisal and
occlusal tooth surface. In archaeology, the loss of dental tissue through attrition is associated …

The research project Diseases, health and lifestyles in Rome: from the Empire to the Early
Middle Age (PRIN 2015), covered a significant area of research, ranging from the historical …

The precise time, the original location, and the processes involved in the creation of
Germany's capital Berlin are still unknown due to a lack of surviving documents. As such …