Outputs (123)

The “weanling’s dilemma” revisited: Evolving bodies of evidence and the problem of infant paleodietary interpretation (2021)
Journal Article
Kendall, E. J., Millard, A. R., & Beaumont, J. (2021). The “weanling’s dilemma” revisited: Evolving bodies of evidence and the problem of infant paleodietary interpretation. American journal of physical anthropology, 175(S72), 57-78. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24207

Breastfeeding is known to be a powerful mediator of maternal and childhood health, with impacts throughout the lifecourse. Paleodietary studies of the past thirty years have accordingly taken an enduring interest in the health and diet of young child... Read More about The “weanling’s dilemma” revisited: Evolving bodies of evidence and the problem of infant paleodietary interpretation.

What Doesn’t Kill You: Early Life Health and Nutrition in Early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia (2020)
Book Chapter
Kendall, E. J., Millard, A., Beaumont, J., Gowland, R., Gorton, M., & Gledhill, A. (2020). What Doesn’t Kill You: Early Life Health and Nutrition in Early Anglo-Saxon East Anglia. In R. Gowland, & S. Halcrow (Eds.), The Mother-Infant Nexus in Anthropology: Small Beginnings, Significant Outcomes (103-123). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27393-4_6

Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage (2020)
Journal Article
Millard, A. R., Annis, R. G., Caffell, A. C., Dodd, L. L., Fischer, R., Gerrard, C. M., Graves, C. P., Hendy, J., Mackenzie, L., Montgomery, J., Nowell, G. M., Radini, A., Beaumont, J., Koon, H. E., & Speller, C. F. (2020). Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage. PLoS ONE, 15(12), Article e0243369. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243369

After the Battle Dunbar between English and Scottish forces in 1650, captured Scottish soldiers were imprisoned in Durham and many hundreds died there within a few weeks. The partial skeletal remains of 28 of these men were discovered in 2013. Buildi... Read More about Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage.

Living on the Edge: Climate-induced micronutrient famines in the ancient Atacama Desert? (2020)
Book Chapter
Snoddy, A. M. E., King, C. L., Halcrow, S. E., Millard, A. R., Buckley, H. R., Standen, V. G., & Arriaza, B. T. (2021). Living on the Edge: Climate-induced micronutrient famines in the ancient Atacama Desert?. In G. Robbins Schug (Ed.), The Routledge handbook of bioarchaeology of environmental change. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351030465-5

4 Site Studies (2020)
Book Chapter
Albert, B., Innes, J., Kremenetski, K., Millard, A., Nebbia, M., Gaydarska, B., …Shevchenko, N. (2020). 4 Site Studies. In B. Gaydarska (Ed.), Early Urbanism in Europe (111-264). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664959-008

5 The Finds (2020)
Book Chapter
Gaydarska, B., Nebbia, M., Chapman, J., Caswell, E., Arbeiter, S., Ovchinnikov, E., …Galyna, P. (2020). 5 The Finds. In B. Gaydarska (Ed.), Early Urbanism in Europe (265-414). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110664959-009

Isotopic and genetic evidence for migration in Medieval England (2020)
Book Chapter
Jobling, M., & Millard, A. (2020). Isotopic and genetic evidence for migration in Medieval England. In W. Ormrod, E. Tyler, & J. Story (Eds.), Migrants in medieval England, c. 500–c. 1500. Oxford University Press

A multi-isotope, multi-tissue study of colonial origins and diet in New Zealand (2020)
Journal Article
King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., Millard, A., Zech, J., Roberts, P., Matisoo-Smith, E., Nowell, G., & Gröcke, D. R. (2020). A multi-isotope, multi-tissue study of colonial origins and diet in New Zealand. American journal of physical anthropology, 172(4), 605-620. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24077

Objectives: Colonial period New Zealand was lauded as a land of plenty, where colonists could improve their station in life and secure a future for their families. Our understanding of colonial experience, however, is often shaped by historical recor... Read More about A multi-isotope, multi-tissue study of colonial origins and diet in New Zealand.

Prenatal effects of maternal nutritional stress and mental health on the fetal movement profile (2020)
Journal Article
Reissland, N., Millard, A., Wood, R., Ustun, B., McFaul, C., Froggatt, S., & Einbeck, J. (2020). Prenatal effects of maternal nutritional stress and mental health on the fetal movement profile. Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 302(1), 65-75. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-020-05571-w

Purpose: Prenatal sub-optimal nutrition and exposure to maternal stress, anxiety and depression in pregnancy have been linked to increased postnatal morbidity and mortality. Fetal growth is most vulnerable to maternal dietary deficiencies, such as th... Read More about Prenatal effects of maternal nutritional stress and mental health on the fetal movement profile.

Investigating dietary life histories and mobility of children buried in St Gertrude Church Cemetery, Riga, Latvia (15th– 17th centuries AD) (2020)
Journal Article
Petersone‐Gordina, E., Montgomery, J., Millard, A., Roberts, C., Gröcke, D., & Gerhards, G. (2020). Investigating dietary life histories and mobility of children buried in St Gertrude Church Cemetery, Riga, Latvia (15th– 17th centuries AD). Archaeometry, 62(S1), 3-18. https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12520

Carbon and nitrogen isotope profiles were obtained from incremental dentine analysis of 19 non‐adults from a cemetery in Riga, Latvia. The research compared the life histories and diet between people buried in two mass graves and the general cemetery... Read More about Investigating dietary life histories and mobility of children buried in St Gertrude Church Cemetery, Riga, Latvia (15th– 17th centuries AD).