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View article: Baseline isotopic variability in plants and animals and implications for the reconstruction of human diet in 1 st century AD Pompeii
Baseline isotopic variability in plants and animals and implications for the reconstruction of human diet in 1 st century AD Pompeii Open
While Pompeii has long captured the imagination with its history and tragic end, recent efforts have shifted towards unveiling everyday lifeways. Our study seeks to explore agricultural and husbandry practices in Pompeii, aiming to explore…
View article: Neolithic Lifeways at the Microlevel: Isobiographies From Italy
Neolithic Lifeways at the Microlevel: Isobiographies From Italy Open
Characterization of prehistoric lifeways tends to work at the level of generalization, but can we investigate microvariation? For example, it is common to discuss the “Neolithic diet”, but how much did what people ate vary, not only betwee…
View article: Faces from colonial times: the collection of facial casts at the Sapienza University of Rome (Museum of Anthropology "G. Sergi")).
Faces from colonial times: the collection of facial casts at the Sapienza University of Rome (Museum of Anthropology "G. Sergi")). Open
Founded in 1894, the Museum "G. Sergi" houses a variety of osteological materials and other collections, including several plaster facial casts from different human populations. This paper investigates this collection, which has been acqui…
View article: The Use-Life of Ancestors: Neolithic Cranial Retention, Caching and Disposal at Masseria Candelaro, Apulia, Italy
The Use-Life of Ancestors: Neolithic Cranial Retention, Caching and Disposal at Masseria Candelaro, Apulia, Italy Open
When archaeologists discuss ‘ancestor cults’ or ‘ancestor veneration’, what this might entail in practice usually remains vague, leading to charges that the concept of ‘ancestors’ is often applied generically. In this article, the authors …
View article: Prehistoric Italian foodways: Meta-analysis of stable isotope data from the Neolithic to the Iron Age
Prehistoric Italian foodways: Meta-analysis of stable isotope data from the Neolithic to the Iron Age Open
Italian Later Prehistory was characterised by profound changes that impacted everyday life in many aspects. Whether or not and how such changes were reflected in the subsistence practices of ancient populations is an ongoing question in th…
View article: Histotaphonomic analysis of bone bioerosion reveals a regional framework of diverse deathways in the Neolithic of Southeast Italy
Histotaphonomic analysis of bone bioerosion reveals a regional framework of diverse deathways in the Neolithic of Southeast Italy Open
The wide diversity of Neolithic funerary practices is increasingly recognised. In Southeast Italy, recent studies have drawn attention to the co-existence of multiple ways of treating the dead within single sites and across the region. In …
View article: Introducing Isotòpia: A stable isotope database for Classical Antiquity
Introducing Isotòpia: A stable isotope database for Classical Antiquity Open
We present Isotòpia, an open-access database compiling over 36,000 stable isotope measurements (δ 13 C, δ 15 N, δ 18 O, δ 34 S, 87 Sr/ 86 Sr, 206 Pb/ 204 Pb, 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, 208 Pb/ 204 Pb, 207 Pb/ 206 Pb, and 208 Pb/ 206 Pb) on human, ani…
View article: Introducing Isotòpia: a stable isotope database for Classical Antiquity
Introducing Isotòpia: a stable isotope database for Classical Antiquity Open
We present Isotòpia, an open-access database compiling over 36,000 stable isotope measurements (δ 13 C, δ 15 N, δ 18 O, δ 34 S, 87 Sr/ 86 Sr, 206 Pb/ 204 Pb, 207 Pb/ 204 Pb, 208 Pb/ 204 Pb, 207 Pb/ 206 Pb, and 208 Pb/ 206 Pb) on human, ani…
View article: Regional long-term analysis of dietary isotopes in Neolithic southeastern Italy: new patterns and research directions
Regional long-term analysis of dietary isotopes in Neolithic southeastern Italy: new patterns and research directions Open
Isotopic analyses of prehistoric diet have only recently reached the threshold of going beyond site-focused reports to provide regional syntheses showing larger trends. In this work we present the first regional analysis for Neolithic sout…
View article: Stable isotope analyses of amino acids reveal the importance of aquatic resources to Mediterranean coastal hunter–gatherers
Stable isotope analyses of amino acids reveal the importance of aquatic resources to Mediterranean coastal hunter–gatherers Open
Determining the degree to which humans relied on coastal resources in the past is key for understanding long-term social and economic development, as well as for assessing human health and anthropogenic impacts on the environment. Prehisto…
View article: Table S1;Table S2;Table S3;FRUITS Model(2)_Glx-Phe from Stable isotope analyses of amino acids reveal the importance of aquatic resources to Mediterranean coastal hunter–gatherers
Table S1;Table S2;Table S3;FRUITS Model(2)_Glx-Phe from Stable isotope analyses of amino acids reveal the importance of aquatic resources to Mediterranean coastal hunter–gatherers Open
El Collado and Cueva de Nerja Data;Data used for comparison;Parameters used for the FRUITS model;FRUITS Model based on Model 2 (Soncin et al. 2021)
View article: Data From “A Biocodicological Analysis of the Medieval Library and Archive From Orval Abbey, Belgium”
Data From “A Biocodicological Analysis of the Medieval Library and Archive From Orval Abbey, Belgium” Open
The dataset contains the first-ever comprehensive biocodicological analysis of medieval library books and charters using Zooarchaeological Mass Spectrometry (ZooMS). Here, we analyze 68 codices and 59 charters (1490+59 samples in total) fr…
View article: MALDI MS data and metadata from "A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium"
MALDI MS data and metadata from "A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium" Open
See Ruffini-Ronzani et al.
View article: MALDI MS data and metadata from "A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium"
MALDI MS data and metadata from "A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium" Open
See Ruffini-Ronzani et al.
View article: MALDI MS data and metadata from "A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium"
MALDI MS data and metadata from "A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium" Open
See Ruffini-Ronzani et al.
View article: High-resolution dietary reconstruction of victims of the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption at Herculaneum by compound-specific isotope analysis
High-resolution dietary reconstruction of victims of the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption at Herculaneum by compound-specific isotope analysis Open
Compound-specific isotope analysis of human bone collagen provides a snapshot of dietary variability at Roman Herculaneum.
View article: High-resolution dietary reconstruction of victims of the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption at Herculaneum by compound-specific isotope analysis.
High-resolution dietary reconstruction of victims of the 79 CE Vesuvius eruption at Herculaneum by compound-specific isotope analysis. Open
The remains of those who perished at Herculaneum in 79 CE offer a unique opportunity to examine lifeways across an ancient community who lived and died together. Historical sources often allude to differential access to foodstuffs across R…
View article: A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium
A biocodicological analysis of the medieval library and archive from Orval Abbey, Belgium Open
Biocodicological analysis of parchments from manuscript books and archives offers unprecedented insight into the materiality of medieval literacy. Using ZooMS for animal species identification, we explored almost the entire library and all…
View article: Diet and health in Middle Bronze Age Italy : a metaproteomic analysis of human dental calculus in two case-studies
Diet and health in Middle Bronze Age Italy : a metaproteomic analysis of human dental calculus in two case-studies Open
Shotgun metaproteomics applied to dental calculus is a tool that is providing unprecedented insights in ancient diet and health reconstruction [1][2]. We apply a proteomic analysis of dental calculus deposits from individuals of two contem…