Abstract The Little Ice Age (LIA) is known as one of the coldest stages of the Holocene. Most
records from the Northern Hemisphere show evidence of significantly colder conditions …

The Neolithic expansion in the Iberian Peninsula is marked by the introduction of livestock
and domesticated crops which modified subsistence strategies in an unprecedented …

The domestication and subsequent global dispersal of livestock are crucial events in human
history, but the migratory episodes during the history of livestock remain poorly documented …

Collagen is the main structural and most abundant protein in the human body, and it is
routinely extracted and analysed in scientific archaeology. Its degree of preservation is …

Here we present the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA), an open-access database
gathering more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located …

Atmospheric metal pollution is a major health concern whose roots pre-date
industrialization. This study pertains the analyses of ancient human skeletons and compares …

Several studies have used Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR) to assess
chemical and structural changes caused by diagenesis in archaeological human bone …

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 …

This paper explores the impact of changing religious political rule on subsistence within a
single city through time using stable isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen …

This paper presents the results of palaeodietary reconstruction based on stable carbon and
nitrogen isotope analysis on bone collagen of five medieval rural populations from the …