Emphasising the community: demographic composition of an exceptional tomb—the Chalcolithic burial site of Camino del Molino, Caravaca de la Cruz, Murcia

S Díaz-Navarro, M Haber Uriarte… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Reconstructing the biological profile of a skeletal sample is essential for defining a particular
demographic group or classifying isolated remains. These results allow us to complete the …

A biogeochemical approach to examining sub-adult diet and the weaning process at Neolithic Tepecik-Çiftlik, Türkiye

K Özdemir, B Irvine, T Doğan… - Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Tepecik-Çiftlik, a Neolithic settlement located in the Cappadocia region of Central Anatolia,
within the boundaries of Niğde province in modern Türkiye is crucial for helping us to better …

WEaning Age FiNder (WEAN): a tool for estimating weaning age from stable isotope ratios of dentinal collagen

E Ganiatsou, A Souleles… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
Nitrogen stable isotope ratios (δ15N) of incremental dentine collagen have been extensively
used for the study of breastfeeding and weaning practices in ancient populations. The shifts …

Application of machine learning on isotopic data from tooth microsections for reconstructing weaning patterns and physiological stress

E Ganiatsou, A Georgiadou, A Souleles… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
The recent development of measuring stable isotope ratios (δ 15 N and δ 13 C) in collagen
from tooth microsections provides temporal resolution of dietary changes and has been …

Early life histories at medieval Mikulčice (ninth–tenth centuries AD, Czechia) based on carbon and nitrogen profiles of tooth dentine

S Drtikolová Kaupová, J Brůžek, J Hadrava… - Archaeological and …, 2024 - Springer
In order to compare the early life experiences of different population subgroups from the
Early Medieval center of Mikulčice, carbon and nitrogen isotopic values were measured in …

Tracing early life histories from Roman times to the Medieval era: weaning practices and physiological stress

M Velte, A Czermak, A Grigat, D Neidich… - Archaeological and …, 2023 - Springer
In humans, breastfeeding and weaning depend on the infant's needs and physiology but are
also influenced by environmental and cultural factors. While infant feeding strategies vary …

Brief communication: New method for measuring nitrogen isotopes in tooth dentine at high temporal resolution

TM Smith, JN Ávila, M Arora, C Austin… - American Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Nitrogen isotopes (δ15N) are widely used to study human nursing and weaning
ages. Conventional methods involve sampling 1‐mm thick sections of tooth dentine …

Systemic stress in hunter-gatherers from the Central Pampas Dunefields (Argentina): evaluating linear enamel hypoplasia during the Holocene

N Marini, G Flensborg - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023 - Springer
This research aims to evaluate whether the socio-environmental changes observed in the
Central Pampas Dunefields (Argentina) throughout the Holocene (ca. 11,000–350 cal year …

Isotopic reconstruction of the early life experience of individuals from the early Bronze age Vliněves site (Czech Republic)

SD Kaupová, P Limburský, L Vélová - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper provides information on the early life experience of people from the Central
European Early Bronze Age, reconstructed on the basis of the stable carbon (δ 13 C) and …

An investigation of enamel hypoplasia and weaning through histomorphological analysis and Bayesian isotope mixing models

P Bantavanou, E Ganiatsou… - Dental …, 2024 - journal.dentalanthropology.org
Enamel hypoplasia (EH) is a developmental defect, frequently used in bioarchaeological
research to assess the nutrition and health in infants and children. Anthropological studies …