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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 ...

The dataset features stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values obtained on bulk bone collagen from 42 clinically-documented cases of the Jedlička pathological-anatomical reference collection, dating from the 19th century CE and curated at the National Museum in Prague, Czech Republic. The dataset in...

The transition from the Roman period to the Early Middle Ages in the Netherlands was a very dynamic period, particularly in demographic terms. From the Late Roman period onwards (270 CE), habitation declined sharply by as much as 78-85% in the Rhine-Meuse delta for instance. The period following the...

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To the best of the compiler’s knowledge, this dataset contains all stable isotope data obtained from various Taiwan archaeological assemblages published before 2017.

This dataset contains all previously published stable isotope data from archaeological assemblages from Hong Kong before 2022. Many of the samples were analysed in the 80s, where information on sample provenance and/or dates cannot be found.

The Dur-Katlimmu is a Syrian archaeological site in Deir Ezzor governorate, and its modern name is Tel of Sheikh Hamad (sometimes spelled ‘Tell Seh Hamad’), about 70 km from Deir Ezzor, on the eastern bank of the Khabur River. The ancient name of the site was known through the cuneiform Tablets of t...

This dataset contains two published datasets from 2020. The first is a small dataset of 87Sr/86Sr values from animal bones found at Tell el-Dab’a (in the northeastern Nile Delta in Egypt) to act as a proxy for future studies in migration. The second publication focuses on human teeth excavated from ...

These datasets represent some publications across the ancient Near East. Samples here are both human and non-human, and a variety of isotope systems were employed within these papers (i.e., δ13c and δ15N from bone collagen, 87Sr/86Sr, δ18O, and δ13C). The sites included in this dataset are: Pella, ...

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