Revealing and understanding the mechanisms behind social inequality in prehistoric
societies is a major challenge. By combining genome-wide data, isotopic evidence, and …

Bronze is the defining metal of the European Bronze Age and has been at the center of
archaeological and science-based research for well over a century. Archaeometallurgical …

This Element was written to meet the theoretical and methodological challenge raised by the
third science revolution and its implications for how to study and interpret European …

The application of 87Sr/86Sr in prehistoric mobility studies requires accurate strontium
reference maps. These are often based from present-day surface waters. However, the use …

Osteobiography provides a rich basis for understanding the past, but its conceptual
framework has not been outlined systematically. It stands in conceptual opposition to a …

Abstract We present 87 Sr/86 Sr isotope ratios for~ 1200 selected soil samples, collected by
the GEMAS consortium from grazing (Gr) and agricultural (Ap) soils in Europe with the aim to …

Social Archaeology and Material Worlds aims to forefront dynamic and cutting-edge social
approaches to archaeology. It brings together volumes about past people, social and …

We present a high-resolution cross-disciplinary analysis of kinship structure and social
institutions in two Late Copper Age Bell Beaker culture cemeteries of South Germany …

Growing interest in bioarchaeology and its ability to address complex questions tied to social
and biological identities in the past has led to the development of nuanced methods for …

Strontium isotope analysis of archeological skeletal materials is a highly effective and
commonly employed analytical tool to investigate past human mobility and migration. Most …