The application of sulphur isotope analyses in archaeological research: A review

O Nehlich - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Sulphur isotope analysis of archaeological materials provides information on past
ecosystems, palaeo-diets, migration and mobility. This review covers the geochemical …

Reconstruction of breastfeeding and weaning practices using stable isotope and trace element analyses: A review

T Tsutaya, M Yoneda - American journal of physical …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Biogeochemical methods using stable isotopes and trace elements have been increasingly
developed and applied to reconstruct modern and ancient breastfeeding and weaning …

On isotopes and old bones

JA Lee‐Thorp - Archaeometry, 2008‏ - Wiley Online Library
This review charts the developments and progress made in the application of stable light
isotope tools to palaeodietary adaptations from the 1970s onwards. It begins with an outline …

Isotopic study of the biology of modern and fossil vertebrates

PL Koch - Stable isotopes in ecology and environmental …, 2007‏ - Wiley Online Library
Naturally occurring variations in the stable isotope composition of fossil vertebrates have
been studied since the late 1970s. Isotopic data from vertebrate fossils are sometimes used …

Triple sulfur-oxygen-strontium isotopes probabilistic geographic assignment of archaeological remains using a novel sulfur isoscape of western Europe

CP Bataille, K Jaouen, S Milano, M Trost… - PLoS …, 2021‏ - journals.plos.org
Sulfur isotope composition of organic tissues is a commonly used tool for gathering
information about provenance and diet in archaeology and paleoecology. However, the lack …

Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysis

BD Hoenig, AM Snider, AM Forsman, KA Hobson… - The Auk, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Identifying the composition of avian diets is a critical step in characterizing the roles of birds
within ecosystems. However, because birds are a diverse taxonomic group with equally …

New directions in bioarchaeology: Recent contributions to the study of human social identities

KJ Knudson, CM Stojanowski - Journal of Archaeological Research, 2008‏ - Springer
As a discipline that bridges the biological and social sciences, bioarchaeology has much to
contribute to a contextualized and theoretically sophisticated understanding of social …

Quantitative diet reconstruction of a Neolithic population using a Bayesian mixing model (FRUITS): The case study of Ostorf (Germany)

R Fernandes, P Grootes, MJ Nadeau… - American Journal of …, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The island cemetery site of Ostorf (Germany) consists of individual human graves
containing Funnel Beaker ceramics dating to the Early or Middle Neolithic. However …

Stable isotope ratios as biomarkers of diet for health research

DM O'Brien - Annual review of nutrition, 2015‏ - annualreviews.org
Diet is a leading modifiable risk factor for chronic disease, but it remains difficult to measure
accurately due to the error and bias inherent in self-reported methods of diet assessment …

Stable isotope ratio analysis for assessing the authenticity of food of animal origin

F Camin, L Bontempo, M Perini… - … Reviews in Food …, 2016‏ - Wiley Online Library
The main elemental constituents (H, C, N, O, and S) of bio‐organic material have different
stable isotopes (2H, 1H; 13C, 12C; 15N, 14N; 18O, 17O, 16O; 36S, 34S, 33S, and 32S) …