Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities

S Pederzani, K Britton - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

Calcium orthophosphates in nature, biology and medicine

SV Dorozhkin - Materials, 2009 - mdpi.com
The present overview is intended to point the readers' attention to the important subject of
calcium orthophosphates. These materials are of the special significance because they …

Expanded geographic distribution and dietary strategies of the earliest Oldowan hominins and Paranthropus

TW Plummer, JS Oliver, EM Finestone, PW Ditchfield… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The oldest Oldowan tool sites, from around 2.6 million years ago, have previously been
confined to Ethiopia's Afar Triangle. We describe sites at Nyayanga, Kenya, dated to 3.032 …

Carbon isotope compositions of terrestrial C3 plants as indicators of (paleo) ecology and (paleo) climate

MJ Kohn - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
A broad compilation of modern carbon isotope compositions in all C3 plant types shows a
monotonic increase in δ 13C with decreasing mean annual precipitation (MAP) that differs …

Food reconstruction using isotopic transferred signals (FRUITS): a Bayesian model for diet reconstruction

R Fernandes, AR Millard, M Brabec, MJ Nadeau… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Human and animal diet reconstruction studies that rely on tissue chemical signatures aim at
providing estimates on the relative intake of potential food groups. However, several sources …

Using stable isotope biogeochemistry to study marine mammal ecology

SD Newsome, MT Clementz… - Marine Mammal Science, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis (SIA) has emerged as a common tool in ecology and has proven
especially useful in the study of animal diet, habitat use, movement, and physiology. SIA has …

Dietary reconstruction, mobility, and the analysis of ancient skeletal tissues: Expanding the prospects of stable isotope research in archaeology

CA Makarewicz, J Sealy - Journal of archaeological science, 2015 - Elsevier
The use of stable isotope ratio analysis in archaeology has exploded over the past few
decades to the point where it is now an established tool that is routinely used to investigate …

On isotopes and old bones

JA Lee‐Thorp - Archaeometry, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
This review charts the developments and progress made in the application of stable light
isotope tools to palaeodietary adaptations from the 1970s onwards. It begins with an outline …

Calcium orthophosphates: occurrence, properties, biomineralization, pathological calcification and biomimetic applications

SV Dorozhkin - Biomatter, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The present overview is intended to point the readers' attention to the important subject of
calcium orthophosphates. This type of materials is of special significance for human beings …

Calcium orthophosphates

SV Dorozhkin - Journal of materials science, 2007 - Springer
The present overview is intended to point the readers' attention to the important subject of
calcium orthophosphates. This type of materials is of the special significance for the human …