Nitrogen isotopic studies have the potential to shed light on the structure of ancient
ecosystems, agropastoral regimes, and human-environment interactions. Until relatively …

This article reviews current archaeological research on the interactions between food and
intrasocietal diversity. Today's archaeology of food and diversity is theoretically diverse but …

The Archaeology of Disease shows how the latest scientific and archaeological techniques
can be used to identify the common illnesses and injuries from which humans suffered in …

Human and domesticate animal bone collagen δ15N values in prehistory differ generally by
3‰ or more from Neolithic to post-Roman times in Northwest Europe, leading to an …

Bodies intrigue us. They promise windows into the past that other archaeological finds
cannot by bringing us literally face to face with history. Yet'the body'is also highly contested …

Despite centuries of research, much about the barbarian migrations that took place between
the fourth and sixth centuries in Europe remains hotly debated. To better understand this key …

Recent archaeological studies of human diet have used stable nitrogen isotope ratios
(δ15N) from human bone collagen to infer the relative importance of terrestrial plant and …

The Archaeology of Identity presents an overview of five of the key areas that have recently
emerged in archaeological social theory: gender, age, status, ethnicity and religion. This …

In this pilot-study, which was designed to assess the range of isotopic variation in English
medieval populations, we present the results of stable isotope analysis of carbon and …

Historical documents indicate that breastfeeding and weaning practices have fluctuated in
England through history. In order to obtain evidence for general breastfeeding patterns in …