The relevance of Sr–O–C isotope analysis on burnt human skeletal remains in archeological and forensic contexts: A Review and future directions

M De Coster, S Ammer, T Laning… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Recovery and identification of heavily burnt and fragmented skeletal remains pose
significant challenges in fire and arson investigations. The ability to identify individuals is …

Cremated Bone in Archaeology: Ethical Considerations in the Excavation, Analysis, Storage, and Display of Cremated Bone in the United Kingdom

K Squires, J McKinley, CA Roberts… - International Journal of …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT In the United Kingdom, the study of archaeological cremated human remains
has risen exponentially over the past three decades. Consequently, we are gaining a more …

Human mobility in a Bronze Age Vatya 'urnfield'and the life history of a high-status woman

C Cavazzuti, T Hajdu, F Lugli, A Sperduti, M Vicze… - PloS one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
In this study, we present osteological and strontium isotope data of 29 individuals (26
cremations and 3 inhumations) from Szigetszentmiklós-Ürgehegy, one of the largest Middle …

More than urns: A multi-method pipeline for analyzing cremation burials

L Waltenberger, MD Bosch, M Fritzl, A Gahleitner… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Burial rites of archaeological populations are frequently interpreted based on cremated
remains of the human body and the urn they were deposited in. In comparison to …

Sr analyses from only known Scandinavian cremation cemetery in Britain illuminate early Viking journey with horse and dog across the North Sea

T Löffelmann, C Snoeck, JD Richards, LJ Johnson… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
The barrow cemetery at Heath Wood, Derbyshire, is the only known Viking cremation
cemetery in the British Isles. It dates to the late ninth century and is associated with the over …

Multi-proxy analyses reveal regional cremation practices and social status at the Late Bronze Age site of Herstal, Belgium

C Sabaux, B Veselka, G Capuzzo, C Snoeck… - Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The funerary Bronze Age culture in the Belgian part of the Meuse valley is poorly
understood due to the challenging nature of cremation deposits that dominate the …

A multi-proxy approach to reconstruct chronology, human mobility, and funerary practices at the Late Bronze-Early Iron Age urnfield of San Valentino (San Vito al …

G Capuzzo, E Stamataki, MA Beck De Lotto, S Pettarin… - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The site of San Valentino in San Vito al Tagliamento is one of the main urnfield cemeteries
in northeastern Italy. Archaeological excavations carried out in the seventies brought to light …

[HTML][HTML] Strontium isotope analyses of archaeological cremated remains–new data and perspectives

C Snoeck, C Cheung, JI Griffith, HF James, K Salesse - Data in Brief, 2022 - Elsevier
Cremated human remains are commonly found in the archaeological records, especially in
Europe during the Metal Ages and the Roman period. Due to the high temperatures reached …

Divergence, diet, and disease: the identification of group identity, landscape use, health, and mobility in the fifth-to sixth-century AD burial community of Echt, the …

B Veselka, G Capuzzo, R Annaert, N Mattielli… - Archaeological and …, 2021 - Springer
This study aims to better understand the development of group identity, mobility, and health
in the Early Medieval Meuse Valley. This is achieved by combining existing demographic …

Bioarchaeology aids the cultural understanding of six characters in search of their agency (Tarquinia, ninth–seventh century BC, central Italy)

G Bagnasco, M Marzullo, C Cattaneo… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Etruria contained one of the great early urban civilisations in the Italian peninsula during the
first millennium BC, much studied from a cultural, humanities-based, perspective, but …