Sr-O-C-N data from two individuals from Saba

Abstract

This dataset accompanies Fricke et al. (2021) and Kootker & Laffoon (2022), which present a multi-isotope study of two individuals from Saba: a female and her child. It contains both the biogenic isotope data used to reconstruct their life histories and data generated as part of a pilot study investigating the potential of unburnt petrous bone (pars petrosa) as a reservoir of biogenic, diagenetically unaltered strontium. The petrous bone contains the exceptionally dense otic capsule, or bony labyrinth, which is thought to undergo little to no remodelling after early childhood.

Keywords

• Saba
• strontium
• oxygen
• carbon
• nitrogen
• collagen
• apatite