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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. (...

The dataset includes 87Sr/86Sr and [Sr] data for 149 human samples from the Gallo-Roman site of Tienen (Belgium, 1st-4th c.). One diaphysis was selected per deposit from the Grijpenveld cemetery (main and small), and two diaphyses and one rib were sampled from the Avendoren tumulus (end 2nd c.). Thi...

This dataset comprises strontium isotope ratios (87Sr/86Sr) and strontium concentration data from a maximum of 194 cremated human individuals (331 samples) excavated from 14 cemeteries in the Nijmegen region (the Netherlands), spanning the Iron Age and Roman periods. The sampling strategy prioritise...

This dataset provides the first stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data for Roman and Roman-Byzantine human populations in Lebanon. It includes bone collagen results from Qornet ed-Deir (2nd–7th c. AD) in the Lebanese highlands and Mazraa 1154 (1st–3rd c. AD) in the Roman colonia of Berytus (modern ...

This dataset presents carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios on bone collagen of 46 human, 127 mammal, 30 bird and nine fish samples from seven medieval sites in western Guadalajara (Spain) dating to between 10th and 15th centuries CE, together with comparative human and fish data from Iberia pub...

This data article describes a dataset of stable carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur isotope measurements (δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S) of modern humans in Hong Kong, along with comparative data from commonly consumed animals in the region. Hair samples were collected from 69 volunteers (47 females, 19 males, 3 un...

The dataset includes infrared, radiocarbon, carbon, oxygen, and strontium isotope data from 174 cremated human bones from two Belgian Late Bronze Age - Early Iron Age cemeteries, Herstal and Court-Saint-Etienne. Five different skeletal elements were sampled per individual whenever possible: crania, ...