Recent applications of isotope analysis to forensic anthropology

EJ Bartelink, LA Chesson - Forensic sciences research, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Isotope analysis has become an increasingly valuable tool in forensic anthropology
casework over the past decade. Modern-day isotopic investigations on human remains have …

Why aquatic scientists should use sulfur stable isotope ratios (ẟ34S) more often

V Raoult, AA Phillips, J Nelson, Y Niella, C Skinner… - Chemosphere, 2024 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, measurements of light stable isotope ratios have been
increasingly used to answer questions across physiology, biology, ecology, and …

Best practices for calibrating and reporting stable isotope measurements in archaeology

P Szpak, JZ Metcalfe, RA Macdonald - Journal of Archaeological Science …, 2017 - Elsevier
The use of isotopic measurements in archaeological research has increased rapidly over
the past~ 25 years, owing largely to the proliferation of the instruments required to produce …

Stable isotope analysis: a tool for studying past diet, demography, and life history

MA Katzenberg, AL Waters‐Rist - Biological anthropology of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis is a well‐established tool for studying past human remains.
Applications have grown exponentially in the past 15 years, with studies focusing on living …

Isotopic tracking of large carnivore palaeoecology in the mammoth steppe

H Bocherens - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Isotopic tracking of carnivore palaeoecology is a relatively new approach that yielded
important results for the study of the non-analogue mammoth steppe biome. After describing …

The relative influence of derivatization and normalization procedures on the compound‐specific stable isotope analysis of nitrogen in amino acids

CT Yarnes, J Herszage - Rapid Communications in Mass …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rationale Within the last decade, applications of compound‐specific stable isotope analysis
of nitrogen (δ15N values) in amino acids (CSIA‐AA) have developed rapidly, particularly …

IsoArcH. eu: An open-access and collaborative isotope database for bioarchaeological samples from the Graeco-Roman world and its margins

K Salesse, R Fernandes, X de Rochefort… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper describes IsoArcH, a new web-based database of isotopic data for
bioarchaeological samples from the Graeco-Roman world and its margins. IsoArcH was …

Saving Old Bones: a non-destructive method for bone collagen prescreening

M Sponheimer, CM Ryder, H Fewlass, EK Smith… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Bone collagen is an important material for radiocarbon, paleodietary, and paleoproteomic
analyses, but it degrades over time, making such analyses more difficult with older material …