Oxygen isotopes in bioarchaeology: Principles and applications, challenges and opportunities

S Pederzani, K Britton - Earth-Science Reviews, 2019 - Elsevier
Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Pliocene-Early Pleistocene continental climate and vegetation in Europe based on stable isotope compositions of mammal tooth enamel

P Szabó, J Kovács, L Kocsis, T Vennemann… - Quaternary Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
There is an increasing need for paleoclimate records from continental settings to better
understand the climatic changes during critical periods such as the Pliocene and Early …

Comparing bioapatite carbonate pre-treatments for isotopic measurements: Part 2—Impact on carbon and oxygen isotope compositions

M Pellegrini, C Snoeck - Chemical Geology, 2016 - Elsevier
Carbon and oxygen isotope measurements (δ 13 C, δ 18 O) of bioapatite carbonate
fractions in archaeological and fossil remains are essential tools to investigate past diets …

Quantifying inter-laboratory variability in stable isotope analysis of ancient skeletal remains

WJ Pestle, BE Crowley, MT Weirauch - PLoS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Over the past forty years, stable isotope analysis of bone (and tooth) collagen and
hydroxyapatite has become a mainstay of archaeological and paleoanthropological …

Calling all archaeologists: guidelines for terminology, methodology, data handling, and reporting when undertaking and reviewing stable isotope applications in …

P Roberts, R Fernandes, OE Craig… - Rapid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Stable isotope analysis has been utilized in archaeology since the 1970s, yet standardized
protocols for terminology, sampling, pretreatment evaluation, calibration, quality assurance …

Comparing bioapatite carbonate pre-treatments for isotopic measurements: Part 1—Impact on structure and chemical composition

C Snoeck, M Pellegrini - Chemical Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
A large variety of bioapatite pre-treatments are found in the literature for a wide range of
applications going from mineralogy to diagenesis. Additionally, stable carbon and oxygen …

SPORA, a new silver phosphate precipitation protocol for oxygen isotope analysis of small, organic-rich bioapatite samples

GL Conte, LE Lopes, AH Mine, RB Trayler, SL Kim - Chemical Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Isotopic analysis of phosphate oxygen from bones and teeth (18 O p/16 O p, δ 18 O p) is a
common tool used to investigate modern and ancient ecosystems and their climate …

The Caribbean and Mesoamerica Biogeochemical Isotope Overview (CAMBIO)

CE Ebert, SW Hixon, GM Buckley, RJ George… - Scientific Data, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The Caribbean & Mesoamerica Biogeochemical Isotope Overview (CAMBIO) is an
archaeological data community designed to integrate published biogeochemical data from …

A large-scale evaluation of intraperson isotopic variation within human bone collagen and bioapatite

GE Berg, LA Chesson, J Yuryang, S Youngsoon… - Forensic Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study investigated intraperson skeletal (herein referred to as either “intraperson” or
“intraskeletal”) variation in stable isotope ratios for collagen (C and N) and bioapatite (C and …