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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, ...

This dataset comprises a total of 1927 materials and includes 2354 samples, along with 2229 organic isotope measures (δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, δ³⁴S), 422 mineral isotope measures (δ¹³C, δ¹⁸O, ⁸⁷Sr/⁸⁶Sr), and 38 radiocarbon measures. It compiles isotopic data from 49 sources, including journal articles, books, an...

Strontium isotope analysis ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) of Iron Age cremation burials in Britain. The analysis was conducted on 31 individuals from cremation burials at the Late Iron Age cemetery of Westhampnett, West Sussex, United Kingdom.

The islands of the southern Caribbean (islands off the Venezuelan coast), are isotopically understudied in the field of molecular anthropology, despite being a source of information regarding connections with the South American mainland. The aim of this dataset is to provide isotope concentrations f...

A total of 326 strontium isotope ( 87 Sr/ 86 Sr) analyses from 125 sampling sites from two sampling campaigns across Corsica are presented. The first sampling campaign collected paired plant and soil samples from 75 individual sites while the second sampling campaign collected grass, shrub and tree ...

This dataset compiles isotopic data from over 4,000 materials and more than 4,000 samples, integrating results from 54 references including peer-reviewed articles, book chapters, and doctoral dissertations. It covers isotopic measurements of carbon (δ¹³C), nitrogen (δ¹⁵N), oxygen (δ¹⁸O), strontium (...

This dataset encompasses stable isotope data from 3,191 samples, including hominins (Homo sapiens and Homo neanderthalensis), animals, plants, and ceramics (organic residues), collected from 409 archaeological sites across regions formerly part of the Soviet Union, such as Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukrain...