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Understanding prey species spatial behaviour is key to unravelling contemporary hunter-gatherer subsistence and movement patterns. Here, we use sulfur (δ34S), carbon (δ 13C) and nitrogen (δ 15N) isotope compositions of bone collagen extracted from Rangifer, Equus, Bovinae, Capreolus, and Cervus (n =...

The dataset presents 87Sr/86Sr and [Sr] data for 102 human samples from eight Bronze Age sites in the Upper Seine Valley (France), including cremated human bones dated between 2300 and 300 BCE. This dataset contributes to a better understanding of land management and mobility patterns in the Bronze ...

This dataset includes 96 strontium isotope (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) analyses of modern plants collected from 32 sampling locations in the Upper Seine Valley, near the Seine–Yonne confluence. Grass, shrub, and tree samples were collected at each site to characterise local bioavailable strontium. The ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr rat...

This dataset presents sequential carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope measurements from human dentine to assess potential isotopic variation associated with the presence of interglobular dentine (IGD). The dataset comprises nine teeth (eight first molars and one canine) from nine individuals da...

This dataset contains high-resolution incremental enamel isotope (δ13C, δ18O, and 87Sr/86Sr) and strontium concentration ([Sr]) measurements from 28 human teeth (canines, 1st molars, and 3rd molars) sampled from 10 individuals. Nine individuals derive from a modern forensic context in Belgium, and o...

This dataset reports stable carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) isotope values from charred cereals (spelt, emmer, free-threshing wheats and barley) and bone collagen of red deer, from 73 archaeological sites in the northern half of France, dating from the Late Iron Age and Roman period. The dataset w...

Archaeological excavations in Atuatuca Tungrorum (present-day Tongeren, Belgium) at a former quarry that provided the foundation sand for the city, uncovered a first century CE Roman cemetery. The burial ground, utilized for less than a century, contained the inhumed remains of 16 individuals who we...

This data comprises 516 samples from 311 materials, with 277 organic isotope measures (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, δ³⁴S), 262 mineral isotope measures (δ¹³C, δ¹⁸O, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr), and 38 radiocarbon measures. The dataset compiles data from archaeological and environmental samples from archaeological sites from West Ne...

This dataset comprises strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) from 11 horses excavated at Borgharen-Daalderveld-Pasestraat, north of Maastricht, in 2010. The horses were discovered together in a mass grave, the largest ever found in Western Europe to date (N=69); an exceptional find that immediately r...

This dataset includes stable carbon (δ¹³C) and nitrogen (δ¹⁵N) isotope measurements of human bone collagen from Alkmaar and Blokhuizen (the Netherlands), complemented by comparative reference data from Alkmaar, Oldenzaal, and Sint-Oedenrode. It also contains strontium isotope ratios (⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr) from...

This dataset comprises triple-isotope measurements (Sr-O-C) drawn from 20 cremated and 21 inhumed human individuals excavated from burial contexts along the Lower Germanic Limes in the Netherlands. The data are originally published in Kootker et al. (2022) and form the basis for reconstructing past ...

This dataset comprises strontium and oxygen isotope analyses of 198 (post-)medieval human individuals interred in the town of Oldenzaal, the Netherlands, spanning approximately 800–1600 BCE. The data were generated to assess residential mobility in relation to the town’s historical infrastructural c...

This dataset contains Sr isotope measurements from 112 unique individuals excavated from medieval burial sites in the Dutch provinces of South Holland and North Holland, dating between 900 and 1300 CE. The data were generated as part of the “Ontstaan van Holland” (“Origins of Holland”) programme, in...

This dataset comprises strontium isotope analyses from 58 cattle and sheep/goat specimens recovered from settlement contexts in Bronze Age West Frisia (2000–800 BCE), Netherlands. The data, published in Brusgaard et al. (2019), provide insights into the mobility and social roles of livestock during ...

This dataset comprises a total of 143 strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analyses of archaeological rodents, along with a small number of fox and cat samples, from 45 different sites in the Netherlands, dating from the Neolithic to the Modern period. This dataset accompanies the paper by Kootker et al. (...