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) …

Strontium (87Sr/86Sr) map**: a critical review of methods and approaches

E Holt, JA Evans, R Madgwick - Earth-Science Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
The use of bioavailable strontium in different environments to provenance biological
materials has become increasingly common since its first applications in ecology and …

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 …

Presenting the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi, a Multi-Isotope Database for Medieval Europe

C Cocozza, E Cirelli, M Groß, WR Teegen… - Scientific data, 2022 - nature.com
Here we present the Compendium Isotoporum Medii Aevi (CIMA), an open-access database
gathering more than 50,000 isotopic measurements for bioarchaeological samples located …

South American Archaeological Isotopic Database, a regional-scale multi-isotope data compendium for research

L Pezo-Lanfranco, P Mut, J Chávez, T Fossile… - Scientific data, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract The South American Archaeological Isotopic Database (SAAID) is a comprehensive
open-access resource that aggregates all available bioarchaeological stable and radiogenic …

[HTML][HTML] Chronic maxillary sinusitis in palaeopathology: A review of methods

MJ Lee, TJ Siek, CS Hirst - International Journal of Paleopathology, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective This study reviews the palaeopathological literature discussing maxillary sinusitis
to examine current trends and issues within the study of this condition, and to make …

[HTML][HTML] The IsoArcH initiative: Working towards an open and collaborative isotope data culture in bioarchaeology

E Plomp, C Stantis, HF James, C Cheung, C Snoeck… - Data in Brief, 2022 - Elsevier
From its inception in 2011, the IsoArcH initiative (https://isoarch. eu[1]) has been an altruistic
effort to benefit and engage as many people as possible in the field of bioarchaeological …

Shrouded in history: Unveiling the ways of life of an early Muslim population in Santarém, Portugal (8th– 10th century AD)

RA MacRoberts, M Liberato, X Roca-Rada, MJ Valente… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
In around 716 AD, the city of Santarém, Portugal, was conquered by the Berber and Arab
armies that swept the Iberian Peninsula and went on to rule the region until the 12th century …

The Mediterranean archive of isotopic data, a dataset to explore lifeways from the Neolithic to the Iron Age

M Farese, S Soncin, J Robb, R Fernandes, MA Tafuri - Scientific Data, 2023 - nature.com
We present the open-access Mediterranean Archive of Isotopic dAta (MAIA) dataset, which
includes over 48,000 isotopic measurements from prehistoric human, animal and plant …

Health and wealth in the Roman Empire

WM Jongman, JPAM Jacobs, GMK Goldewijk - Economics & Human …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ancient Rome was the largest and most populous empire of its time, and the largest pre-
industrial state in European history. Recent though not universally accepted research …