For over 70 years the introduction of natural sciences to archaeology and cultural heritage
has been ever growing with multiple contributions to deciphering the past. Novel techniques …

The artificial shaping of the skull vault of infants expresses fundamental aspects of crafted
beauty, of identity, status and gender in a way no other body practice does. Combining …

After the European colonization of the Americas, there was a dramatic population collapse of
the Indigenous inhabitants caused in part by the introduction of new pathogens. Although …

The forced relocation of several thousand Africans during Mexico's historic period has so far
been documented mostly through archival sources, which provide only sparse detail on their …

Archaeologists have long debated the role of regional interaction in the 11th to 14th
centuries at the Mississippian polity of Cahokia. Architectural styles, exotic materials, and …

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios of collagen from bone and dentin have frequently
been used for dietary reconstruction, but this method is limited by protein preservation …

This study uses strontium isotopes (87 Sr/86 Sr) in dental enamel from burial populations
related to the fortified Chalcolithic settlement site of Zambujal (c. 2800–1800 BC) to …

This study explores the feasibility of using combined strontium (87 Sr/86 Sr) and oxygen (δ
18 O) isotope analyses of archaeological animal remains from Puerto Rico to investigate …

Archaeological research has highlighted the importance of population movement and
interaction in promoting cultural change and interaction in past societies. Strontium isotope …

The use of cultigens and wild plants by pre-contact populations is well established in all
regions of the circum-Caribbean and Greater Antilles except for Cuba, the largest island in …