Towards a biologically available strontium isotope baseline for Ireland

C Snoeck, S Ryan, J Pouncett, M Pellegrini… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Strontium isotopes are used in archaeology, ecology, forensics, and other disciplines to
study the origin of artefacts, humans, animals and food items. Strontium in animal and …

Isotope data in Migration Period archaeology: critical review and future directions

MLC Depaermentier - Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Early Mediaeval Archaeology was long influenced by traditional narratives related
to so-called Völkerwanderungen. Based on the interpretation of ancient written sources, the …

Diet and mobility in early medieval coastal Belgium: Challenges of interpreting multi-isotopic data

R Spros, M Pellegrini, A Ervynck, HF James… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
During the early medieval period (5th–9th century CE), the North Sea coastal societies were
involved in long distance maritime trade relations, which resulted in a pronounced mobility …

Feasting and mobility in Iron Age Ireland: multi-isotope analysis reveals the vast catchment of Navan Fort, Ulster

R Madgwick, V Grimes, AL Lamb, AJ Nederbragt… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Navan Fort is an iconic prehistoric Irish ceremonial centre and the legendary capital of
Ulster. The fort has produced an exceptional pig-dominated faunal assemblage that also …

87Sr/86Sr and trace element map** of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: a case study in Ireland

SE Ryan, C Snoeck, QG Crowley, MG Babechuk - Applied Geochemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Geochemical map** of biosphere variation has wide application to geological,
environmental, forensic and archaeological research. The extent to which trace elements …

Cultural change and the climate record in final prehistoric and early medieval Ireland

LC McClung, G Plunkett - Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy …, 2020 - muse.jhu.edu
To what extent did climate change steer the trajectories of early societies? The final
prehistoric (Developed to Late Iron Age) and early medieval periods in Ireland witnessed …

Ways of death: cremation and belief in first-millennium AD Ireland

P Gleeson, R McLaughlin - Antiquity, 2021 - cambridge.org
Archaeological studies of belief, ideology and commemorative strategies in Ireland, and
elsewhere in Europe, neglect the continuation of cremation far beyond the supposed fifth …

Rites of passage: mortuary practice, population dynamics, and chronology at the Carrowkeel passage tomb complex, Co. Sligo, Ireland

T Kador, LM Cassidy, J Geber, R Hensey… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - cambridge.org
The first detailed investigation of the human remains from the Carrowkeel passage tomb
complex since their excavation in 1911 has revealed several new and important insights …