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The dataset includes infrared, carbon, and oxygen isotope data from 322 cremated bones across five Belgian Gallo-Roman cemeteries. Three different skeletal elements—cranium, diaphyses of upper/lower limb long bones, and ribs—were sampled from each selected individual. However, due to extensive fragm...

To investigate dietary changes during the Middle Ages, carbon and nitrogen isotopes were measured in bone collagen from 97 humans and 14 animals from the medieval ecclesiastical centre of Stará Boleslav, together with the comparative dataset of 28 humans from Prague-Loretánské Square. The Stará Bole...

Legaire Sur (uplands of Álava region), is a recently (2020-21) excavated passage tomb (megalithic monument) that held a minimum number of 25 individuals. This dataset contains the carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and strontium isotope ratios of 18 individuals, from a multi-tissue sampling study (succession...

To describe changes in diet and/or husbandry practices over the course of the Bronze Age on the territory of present-day Czechia, carbon (δ 13 C) and nitrogen (δ 15 N) isotopic values were measured in bone or tooth collagen from 103 humans and 30 animals (including cattle, sheep/goat, domestic pig, ...

This dataset is comprised of 81 strontium isotopic measurements. It includes the results of the analyses performed on 21 human tooth enamel samples from 17 different individuals buried at Gumelnița, Romania. This site belongs to the Kodjadermen-Gumelnița-Karonovo VI (KGK VI) archaeological “culture”...

The dataset contains 1217 near-weekly δ18O values sampled sequentially from the innermost enamel along the enamel-dentine junction of one modern human molar, five wild chimpanzee molars, and eleven captive rhesus macaque molars. All teeth were measured with SIMS (SHRIMP-SI, Canberra, Australia) and...

This dataset presents stable strontium, oxygen, and carbon isotope compositions of 32 cremated remains from Přáslavice, an Urnfield period cemetery (1300 – 800 BC), located in the modern region of Moravia in the Czech Republic. In addition, strontium isotope measurements of a total of 210 modern pla...

Stable isotope analysis of domesticate animal bone collagen was seldom undertaken in prehistoric Xinjiang, Northwest China. Here, carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N), isotope analysis was performed on 67 domesticate herbivore bone collagen samples from Jirentai Goukou sites dating from the Late Bronze...

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A total of 591 plant samples, including grasses, shrubs, and trees, were collected from 189 unique locations across Belgium using a systematic high-density grid mapping technique. The selection of plants with varying root lengths ensured a comprehensive representation of the bioavailable strontium a...

This dataset presents the results of isotopic analysis conducted on 58 adult individuals from an early Muslim population buried at Avenida 5 de Outubro, Santarém, Portugal. These results can be used to investigate the dietary practices, as well as mobility patterns of the population. Bone collagen i...

The site of Destelbergen “Eenbeekeinde”, close to Ghent, Belgium, is one of the rare sites where a large number of both Metal Ages as well as Gallo-Roman cremation burials were excavated. The Metal Ages urnfield of Destelbergen stands out because of the relatively high prevalence of monumental ditch...

To gain a comprehensive understanding of the dietary habits and mobility patterns of past populations in the Black Sea region, a collation of relevant articles featuring stable isotope analysis results, along with associated archaeological and anthropological data, has been conducted. This compilati...

This dataset is comprised of δ13Ccollagen­, δ15N, and δ34S from cortical bone, and 87Sr/86Sr, δ13C, and δ18O from tooth enamel sampled and analyzed from elites buried in the Early Bronze Age (ca. 2600—2150 BCE) tombs of Umm el-Marra in modern Syria. Also included is δ13C and δ15N in dentine collag...

The development of the modern industrialized food production system resulted in a homogenous human diet in the world. However, it is not clear whether a developed food production system led to the homogenized human diet even in ancient societies. Due to the lack of large archaeological datasets, we ...