This article reviews current archaeological research on the interactions between food and
intrasocietal diversity. Today's archaeology of food and diversity is theoretically diverse but …

The Caribbean archipelago is a hotspot of biodiversity characterized by a high rate of
extinction. Recent studies have examined these losses, but the causes of the Antillean Late …

In a first region wide study, starch grains from human dental calculus from the pre-
Columbian insular Caribbean (dating to ca. 350 BC–AD 1600) are used to identify important …

The Caribbean was one of the last regions of the Americas to be settled by humans, but
where they came from and how and when they reached the islands remain unclear. We …

Substantial progress in the application of multiple isotope analyses has greatly improved the
ability to identify nonlocal individuals amongst archaeological populations over the past …

Coprolites, or mummified feces, are valuable sources of information on ancient cultures as
they contain ancient DNA (aDNA). In this study, we analyzed ancient plant DNA isolated …

Indigenous peoples have occupied the island of Puerto Rico since at least 3000 BC. Due to
the demographic shifts that occurred after European contact, the origin (s) of these ancient …

Bone collagen is a well-characterized and generally robust protein that plays a key role in
both radiometric dating and stable isotopic reconstruction of paleodiet. To be useful for such …

Northern Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the most unforgiving landscapes on the planet;
however, a variety of complex risk-mitigation strategies facilitated long-term human …

This study explores the feasibility of using combined strontium (87 Sr/86 Sr) and oxygen (δ
18 O) isotope analyses of archaeological animal remains from Puerto Rico to investigate …