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) …

Childhood diet: a closer examination of the evidence from dental tissues using stable isotope analysis of incremental human dentine

J Beaumont, A Gledhill, J Lee‐Thorp… - …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Incremental dentine analysis utilizes tissue that does not remodel and that permits
comparison, at the same age, of those who survived infancy with those who did not at high …

Estimating weaning and early childhood diet from serial micro-samples of dentin collagen

JW Eerkens, AG Berget, EJ Bartelink - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2011 - Elsevier
Age of weaning is an important measure of parental investment, and in various human and
non-human primate studies, has been correlated with a range of developmental factors such …

Comparing bioapatite carbonate pre-treatments for isotopic measurements: Part 2—Impact on carbon and oxygen isotope compositions

M Pellegrini, C Snoeck - Chemical Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon and oxygen isotope measurements (δ 13 C, δ 18 O) of bioapatite carbonate
fractions in archaeological and fossil remains are essential tools to investigate past diets …

Reconstructing faunal migrations using intra-tooth sampling and strontium and oxygen isotope analyses: a case study of modern caribou (Rangifer tarandus granti)

K Britton, V Grimes, J Dau, MP Richards - Journal of archaeological science, 2009 - Elsevier
Isotopic analyses of incrementally developed dental tissues can be used to reveal patterns
of movement and diet in animals. However, the suitability of these methods for the …

Intra‐tooth stable isotope analysis of dentine: A step toward addressing selective mortality in the reconstruction of life history in the archaeological record

PA Sandberg, M Sponheimer… - American Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Intra‐tooth stable isotope analysis of dentine provides a more sensitive means to examine
infant and childhood life history in the past than conventional cross‐sectional analyses that …

Proboscideans and paleoenvironments of the Pleistocene Great Lakes: landscape, vegetation, and stable isotopes

JZ Metcalfe, FJ Longstaffe, G Hodgins - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2013 - Elsevier
In this study, we review the history of proboscideans in the Great Lakes region (Ontario and
western New York) in the context of local glacial and vegetational histories. Further, we …

Comparing bioapatite carbonate pre-treatments for isotopic measurements: Part 1—Impact on structure and chemical composition

C Snoeck, M Pellegrini - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
A large variety of bioapatite pre-treatments are found in the literature for a wide range of
applications going from mineralogy to diagenesis. Additionally, stable carbon and oxygen …

Winter pasturing practices and variable fodder provisioning detected in nitrogen (δ15N) and carbon (δ13C) isotopes in sheep dentinal collagen

CA Makarewicz - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2014 - Elsevier
Identifying the isotopic signatures in animal bones and teeth associated with husbandry
practices has important implications for understanding the subsistence strategies in use by …

Stable isotope time-series in mammalian teeth: In situ δ18O from the innermost enamel layer

SA Blumenthal, TE Cerling, KL Chritz… - … et Cosmochimica Acta, 2014 - Elsevier
Stable carbon and oxygen isotope ratios in mammalian tooth enamel are commonly used to
understand the diets and environments of modern and fossil animals. Isotope variation …