Oxygen isotope analyses of skeletal remains (18 O/16 O, δ 18 O) are a powerful tool for
exploring major themes in bioarchaeology (the study of biological archaeological remains) …

“Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style
purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and …

Oxygen isotope analysis of archaeological skeletal remains is an increasingly popular tool
to study past human migrations. It is based on the assumption that human body chemistry …

How do archaeologists work with the data they identify as a record of the cultural past? How
are these data collected and construed as evidence? What is the impact on archaeological …

This paper presents a compilation of strontium and oxygen isotope data from human tooth
enamel that has been produced at NERC Isotope Geosciences Laboratory over the last c …

It has become a widespread practice to convert δ18Op values measured in human and
animal dental enamel to a corresponding value of δ18Ow and compare these data with …

A geostatistical model to predict human skeletal oxygen isotope values (δ 18Op) in Britain is
presented here based on a new dataset of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age human teeth …

Migration within the Roman Empire occurred at multiple scales and was engaged in both
voluntarily and involuntarily. Because of the lengthy tradition of classical studies …

The purported migrations that have formed the peoples of Britain have been the focus of
generations of scholarly controversy. However, this has not benefited from direct analyses of …

This volume explores Rome's northern provinces through the portable artefacts people used
and left behind. Objects are crucial to our understanding of the past, and can be used to …