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) …

Strontium isotope analysis of archaeological skeletons has provided useful and exciting
results in archaeology in the last 20 years, particularly by characterizing past human …

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 …

This book highlights new and emerging uses of stable isotope analysis in a variety of
ecological disciplines. While the use of natural abundance isotopes in ecological research is …

The role of seasonality is indisputable in climate and ecosystem dynamics. Seasonal
temperature and precipitation variability are of vital importance for the availability of food …

Some of humanity's earliest ancestors lived in southern Africa and evidence from sites there
has inspired key debates on human origins and the emergence of complex cognition …

The carbon isotope fractionation between tooth enamel bioapatite, breath CO2, and diet was
measured for voles, rabbits, pigs, and cattle on controlled diets. The measured fractionation …

Naturally occurring variations in the stable isotope composition of fossil vertebrates have
been studied since the late 1970s. Isotopic data from vertebrate fossils are sometimes used …

The appearance of Oldowan sites ca. 2.6 million years ago (Ma) may reflect one of the most
important adaptive shifts in human evolution. Stone artifact manufacture, large mammal …

Cahokia Mound 72 contains 272 human burials dating to the Lohmann and early Stirling
phases (ca. 1050–1150 AD) of the Mississippian period. Substantial status-and gender …