Presenting the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi, a Multi-Isotope Database for Medieval Europe

C Cocozza, E Cirelli, M Groß, WR Teegen… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
Here we present the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA), an open-access database
gathering more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located …

Gastrointestinal infection in Italy during the Roman Imperial and Longobard periods: A paleoparasitological analysis of sediment from skeletal remains and sewer …

ML Ledger, I Micarelli, D Ward, TL Prowse… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Objective This study aims to investigate parasitic infection in Italy during the Roman period
(27 BCE–476 CE) and subsequent Longobard (Lombard) period (6th–8th CE). Materials …

Multiproxy bioarchaeological data reveals interplay between growth, diet and population dynamics across the transition to farming in the central Mediterranean

EW Parkinson, S Stoddart, V Sparacello, F Bertoldi… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
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 …

Early medieval Italian Alps: reconstructing diet and mobility in the valleys

A Paladin, N Moghaddam, AE Stawinoga… - Archaeological and …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract In Early Middle Ages (sixth–eleventh centuries AD), South Tyrol (Italian Alps)
played a key role for geographical and military reasons. Historical sources document that …

Heading for the hills? A multi-isotope study of sheep management in first-millennium BC Italy

A Trentacoste, E Lightfoot, P Le Roux, M Buckley… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Livestock husbandry played a fundamental role in the economy of ancient Mediterranean
communities. In central Italy, archaeological evidence for a significant re-organisation of …

Different in death: Different in life? Diet and mobility correlates of irregular burials in a Roman necropolis from Bologna (Northern Italy, 1st–4th century CE)

M Milella, C Gerling, T Doppler, T Kuhn… - Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
The study of migration within the Roman Empire has been a focus of the bioarchaeological
and biogeochemical research during the last decade. The possible association of diet and …

Stable isotopic reconstruction of dietary changes across Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages in Tuscany

G Riccomi, S Minozzi, J Zech, F Cantini… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The transition from Late Antiquity to the Medieval period is considered one of the
greatest periods of social, political, and economic upheaval in Europe, and has left its mark …

Introducing Isotòpia: A stable isotope database for Classical Antiquity

G Formichella, S Soncin, C Lubritto, MA Tafuri… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
We present Isotòpia, an open-access database compiling over 36,000 stable isotope
measurements (δ13C, δ15N, δ18O, δ34S, 87Sr/86Sr, 206Pb/204Pb, 207Pb/204Pb …

How does diet influence our lives? Evaluating the relationship between isotopic signatures and mortality patterns in Italian Roman imperial and medieval periods

M Baldoni, A Nardi, F De Angelis, O Rickards… - Molecules, 2021 - mdpi.com
The present research investigates the relationship between dietary habits and mortality
patterns in the Roman Imperial and Medieval periods. The reconstructions of population …

Dietary changes seen through the isotope analysis of the La Tène burial site of Prosmyky (Bohemia, 4th-3rd century BCE)

Z Vytlačil, A Danielisová, P Velemínský… - Archaeological and …, 2024 - Springer
Dietary reconstruction using carbon and nitrogen isotopes has been applied to the La Tène
population buried at Prosmyky, a large cemetery of the 4 th-3 rd centuries BCE in northwest …