Epidemiological research since the 1980s has highlighted the consequences of early life
adversity, particularly during gestation and early infancy, for adult health (the “Barker …

Biogeochemical methods using stable isotopes and trace elements have been increasingly
developed and applied to reconstruct modern and ancient breastfeeding and weaning …

Stable isotope analysis is a well‐established tool for studying past human remains.
Applications have grown exponentially in the past 15 years, with studies focusing on living …

The major components of human diet both past and present may be estimated by measuring
the carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N) of the collagenous proteins in bone …

Objectives: Studies of the carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios (δ13C and δ15N) of
modern tissues with a fast turnover, such as hair and fingernails, have established the …

The application of chemistry within archaeology is an important and fascinating area. It
allows the archaeologist to answer such questions as" what is this artefact made of?"," …

The duality of the skeleton as both a biological and cultural entity has formed the theoretical
basis of bioarchaeology. In recent years bioarchaeological studies have stretched the early …

This article aims to provide an overview of some of the more important developments in the
bioarchaeology of childhood over the past decade. Analysis of publication trends in the …

Objectives Recent developments in incremental dentine analysis allowing increased
temporal resolution for tissues formed during the first 1,000 days of life have cast doubt on …

Empirical observations of δ 15 N of bone collagen by age at death from 56 archaeological
sites (n= 1560) document an increase over the adult mean at ages∼ 0–2 years. These …