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Until relatively recently, stable sulphur isotope analysis of bone collagen was seldom undertaken in bioarchaeological research. With increasing frequency, its application has proven useful in reconstructing palaeodiets and palaeoecologies, as well as identifying potential migration and mobility pat...

This dataset contains radiocarbon (14C) and stable isotope (13C, 15N) measurements on human bone collagen from adult and non-adult skeletal remains excavated in Mesolithic contexts in Portugal. All measurements have been previously published by Peyroteo-Stjerna (2016, 2021).

This dataset contains carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) values from incremental dentine and pulp stones for three Early Neolithic individuals from the Whitwell Long Cairn (Derbyshire, UK). All three individuals were interred within a linear mortuary feature within the cairn, and are from the same pe...

This dataset includes carbon, nitrogen and sulfur stable isotope data obtained on bone collagen samples of human individuals from the early medieval cemeteries of Hemmaberg/Gora svete Heme and Oberleiserberg located in Austria. The Hemmaberg/Gora svete Heme cemetery, dating from the 8th to the 11th ...

Cremated human remains are commonly found in the archaeological records, especially in Europe during the Metal Ages and the Roman period. Due to the high temperatures reached during cremation (up to 1000°C), most biological information locked in the isotopic composition of different tissues is heavi...

Stable isotopic ratios of carbon and nitrogen performed on collagen and tooth enamel offer invaluable insight into the diet of ancient populations. In the northern Balkans, most of these isotopic data have been collected as auxiliary information of radiocarbon dates, to correct a potential marine re...

Understanding human-animal interactions has always been fundamental to understanding past human societies. Through the application of incremental isotopic analyses to faunal teeth, on both dentine and enamel, previously invisible information on human-animal relationship dynamics can be illuminated. ...

This dataset is comprised of coupled radiocarbon (14C) dates, and carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope ratios received for skeletal remains of 18 humans and six animals. These remains were archaeologically-derived from a Late Neolithic passage grave in Kierzkowo, located in today’s north...

Marine resources are one of the pillars of the Mediterranean diet. Their mode of acquisition and their consumption in Southern France are still little known to archaeology in medieval periods. However, in other regions of Western Europe and in certain areas of the Mediterranean, archaeological tools...

Human provenance studies have been employing isotopic analyses to provide geographic location estimates in forensic and archaeological studies. As multi-isotopic approaches provide more specific location estimates than single isotopic analyses, new isotopic systems to evaluate human provenance would...

During the Middle Ages, Portugal witnessed unprecedented socioeconomic and religious changes under transitioning religious political rule. The implications of changing ruling powers for urban food systems and individual diets in medieval Portugal is poorly understood. This study aimed to elucidate t...

The human tooth enamel of ten archaeological individuals belonging to three consecutive phases of habitation at the Chalcolithic site of Inamgaon, District Pune, Maharashtra, was procured. The sample set included tooth enamel from two individuals (both sub-adults) of Period I and four individuals (a...