Santiago de Compostela is, together with Rome and Jerusalem, one of the three main
pilgrimage and religious centres for Catholicism. The belief that the remains of St James the …

This study presents the mineralogy and strontium isotope ratio (87 Sr/86 Sr) of 21
pathological biominerals (bladder and kidney stones) collected from patients admitted …

We examine the quantity, contextual quality and spatial distribution of the data gathered in
the strontium isotope archaeological database for the Iberian Peninsula and the Balearic …

Abstract Bioavailable Sr and detrital Nd isotopes are important tools for archaeological
provenance. To apply Sr and Nd isotopes for provenance, regional isotope databases and …

Abstract During the Copper Age and onwards, unique archaeological sites emerged
throughout Europe. These sites exhibit distinct features such as the absence of typical …

The relationship between residence, gender and mobility is central to the study of early
social complexity. And yet, until recently, it was deemed as archaeologically intractable. The …

In around 716 AD, the city of Santarém, Portugal, was conquered by the Berber and Arab
armies that swept the Iberian Peninsula and went on to rule the region until the 12th century …

In recent years, the increasing demand for extensive strontium (Sr) datasets across various
scientific fields has prompted the development of fast, precise, and reliable protocols. These …

Over the last several decades, the application of aDNA and strontium isotope analyses on
archaeologically recovered human remains has provided new avenues for the investigation …

Of the 15 or so sites known within the Black Mountains group one has been entirely lost and
excavations at one scale or another have been undertaken at 10 others, emphasising the …