Dataset to 'Fragments of lives: new biomolecular insights into Croftgowan barrow cemetery' (early medieval Scotland)
Koster, Lucy J.; Britton, Kate; Mitchell, Juliette; Czére, Orsolya; Masson-Maclean, Edouard; O'Driscoll, James; Noble, Gordon; Girdland-Flink, Linus
Citation
Koster, L.J., Britton, K., Mitchell, J., Czére, O., Masson-Maclean, E., O’Driscoll, J., Noble, G., Girdland-Flink, L., 2026. Dataset to “Fragments of lives: new biomolecular insights into Croftgowan barrow cemetery” (early medieval Scotland). https://doi.org/10.48530/isoarch.2026.019
Abstract
This dataset contains newly published enamel 87Sr/86Sr, [Sr] (ppm), and δ18O values from 3 individuals, and dentine δ13C/δ15N/δ34S and 14C from 1 individual from the Croftgowan early medieval cemetery, Scotland. These data relate to the paper ‘Fragments of lives: new biomolecular insights into Croftgowan barrow cemetery’ in the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland [in press].
Keywords
- Scotland
- early medieval
- sulphur
- strontium
- oxygen
- multi-isotope analysis
- carbon and nitrogen
- diet
- mobility