The spread of agriculture is an important topic of archaeological research, but relatively few
studies address the drivers behind the spread of specific species empirically. Here we use …

The rise and fall of the Roman Empire was a socio-political process with enormous
ramifications for human history. The Middle Danube was a crucial frontier and a crossroads …

When archaeological human remains are absent or otherwise unavailable for bone
chemistry-based paleodietary reconstructions, dog remains may provide an appropriate …

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 …

The gladiator cemetery discovered in Ephesus (Turkey) in 1993 dates to the 2nd and 3rd
century AD. The aim of this study is to reconstruct diverse diet, social stratification, and …

A growing number of paleodiet investigations over recent years have begun to reveal the
stark dietary differences that existed between regions of the Roman Empire, as well as …

The stable carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) isotope values of bone collagen are
frequently used in paleodietary studies to assess the marine contribution to an individual's …

This paper explores the impact of changing religious political rule on subsistence within a
single city through time using stable isotope analysis of human and animal bone collagen …

The study of stable isotopes surviving in human bone is fast becoming a standard response
in the analysis of cemeteries. Reviewing the state of the art for Roman Britain, the author …

From Justinian to Branimir explores the social and political transformation of Dalmatia
between c. 500 and c. 900 AD. The collapse of Dalmatia in the early seventh century is …