Reconstructing hominin diets with stable isotope analysis of amino acids: new perspectives and future directions

T Larsen, R Fernandes, YV Wang, P Roberts - BioScience, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Stable isotope analysis of teeth and bones is regularly applied by archeologists and
paleoanthropologists seeking to reconstruct diets, ecologies, and environments of past …

Synchrotron X-ray fluorescence map** of Ca, Sr and Zn at the neonatal line in human deciduous teeth reflects changing perinatal physiology

MC Dean, KM Spiers, J Garrevoet, A Le Cabec - Archives of oral biology, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Our first objective was to review the evidence describing the appearance and
microstructure of the neonatal line in human deciduous teeth and to link this with known …

Exceptionally high δ15N values in collagen single amino acids confirm Neandertals as high-trophic level carnivores

K Jaouen, MP Richards, A Le Cabec, F Welker… - Proceedings of the …, 2019 - pnas.org
Isotope and archeological analyses of Paleolithic food webs have suggested that
Neandertal subsistence relied mainly on the consumption of large herbivores. This …

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 …

Oxygen isotopes in Molluscan shell: applications in environmental archaeology

MJ Leng, JP Lewis - Environmental archaeology, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Oxygen isotope geochemistry of Molluscan shell is an essential part of environmental
archaeology and over the last decade has contributed significantly to the understanding of …

La agricultura prehispánica en el nordeste argentino analizada a través de los isótopos estables

DM Loponte - 2020 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
A través del análisis de los valores isotópicos de las dietas (d13Ccolágeno, d13Capatita,
d15N y D13C), y de funciones discriminantes basados en los tres primeros, se analiza el …

Fishing intensification as response to Late Holocene socio-ecological instability in southeastern South America

A Toso, E Hallingstad, K McGrath, T Fossile… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
The emergence of plant-based economies have dominated evolutionary models of Middle
and Late Holocene pre-Columbian societies in South America. Comparatively, the use of …

Gardens on the coast: Considerations on food production by Brazilian shellmound builders

R Scheel-Ybert, C Boyadjian - Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2020 - Elsevier
Shellmounds of different sizes and characteristics mark the landscape along the Southern
and Southeastern Brazilian coast, attesting to a multimillennial occupation that is dated from …

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 …

Late shellmound occupation in southern Brazil: A multi-proxy study of the Galheta IV archaeological site

J Mendes Cardoso, F Merencio, X Villagran… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Brazilian coastal archaeology is renowned for its numerous and large shellmounds
(sambaquis), which had been continuously occupied from at least 8000 to 1000 years cal …