All Outputs (84)

A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco) (2024)
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Sinnesael, M., Millard, A. R., & Smith, M. R. (2024). A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco). Geology, 52(3), 205-209. https://doi.org/10.1130/G51718.1

The first occurrence of trilobites ~520 million years ago is an iconic feature of the Cambrian Explosion. Developing a robust evolutionary view on early Cambrian life is generally hindered by large uncertainties in the ages of fossil finds, and their... Read More about A Bayesian astrochronology for the Cambrian first occurrence of trilobites in West Gondwana (Morocco).

The first dietary stable isotope data from the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri Iron Age population (seventh–eleventh centuries CE) from Latvia (2023)
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Pētersone-Gordina, E., Gerhards, G., Vilcāne, A., Millard, A., & Moore, J. (2023). The first dietary stable isotope data from the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri Iron Age population (seventh–eleventh centuries CE) from Latvia. Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, 15(12), Article 185. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12520-023-01880-8

The main aim of this research was to study diet and possible social stratification in the Iron Age population of Čunkāni-Dreņģeri from Latvia through burial practice and dietary isotope analysis. This research also used previously published comparati... Read More about The first dietary stable isotope data from the Čunkāni-Dreņģeri Iron Age population (seventh–eleventh centuries CE) from Latvia.

The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour (2023)
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Gowland, R. L., Caffell, A. C., Quade, L., Levene, A., Millard, A. R., Holst, M., …Alexander, M. M. (2023). The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour. PLoS ONE, 18(5), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0284970

Child labour is the most common form of child abuse in the world today, with almost half of child workers employed in hazardous industries. The large-scale employment of children during the rapid industrialisation of the late 18th and early 19th cent... Read More about The expendables: Bioarchaeological evidence for pauper apprentices in 19th century England and the health consequences of child labour.

Multifactorial approach to describe early diagenesis of bones: The case study of the Merovingian Cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France) (2023)
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Maurer, A., Zeitoun, V., Bardi, J., Millard, A. R., Ségalen, L., Guérin, F., …Person, A. (2023). Multifactorial approach to describe early diagenesis of bones: The case study of the Merovingian Cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France). Quaternary International, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quaint.2023.03.003

The excavation of the Merovingian cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France) was an opportunity to describe the completeness of the tombs preserved from soil erosion. An anthropobiological study was carried out on the osteological material and the different... Read More about Multifactorial approach to describe early diagenesis of bones: The case study of the Merovingian Cemetery of Saint-Linaire (France).

Place and Time at Trypillia Mega-Sites: Towards a New Synthesis of Analyses and Social Theory (2023)
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Gaydarska, B., Millard, A., Buchanan, B., & Chapman, J. (2023). Place and Time at Trypillia Mega-Sites: Towards a New Synthesis of Analyses and Social Theory. Journal of urban archaeology, 7, 115-145. https://doi.org/10.1484/j.jua.5.133453

The Trypillia mega-sites (‘TMS’) form an exceptional aspect of the broader Cucuteni–Trypillia group in the Balkan and East European Neolithic and Chalcolithic. The TMS are currently the largest sites and the earliest urban complexes in Eurasia in the... Read More about Place and Time at Trypillia Mega-Sites: Towards a New Synthesis of Analyses and Social Theory.

Diet and social status in the Lejasbitēni Iron Age population from Latvia (2022)
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Pētersone-Gordina, E., Gerhards, G., Vilcāne, A., Millard, A. R., Moore, J., Ķimsis, J., & Ranka, R. (2022). Diet and social status in the Lejasbitēni Iron Age population from Latvia. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 44, Article 103519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103519

This study reports the first dietary stable isotope data from Iron Age in Latvia. Archaeological, osteological, genetic, and stable isotope data from the Lejasbitēni cemetery were used to study gendered differences in childhood diet expressed in stab... Read More about Diet and social status in the Lejasbitēni Iron Age population from Latvia.

Strontium isotope identification of possible rural immigrants in 17th century mass graves at St. Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia (2022)
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Petersone‐Gordina, E., Montgomery, J., Millard, A. R., Nowell, G., Peterkin, J., Roberts, C. A., …Zelčs, V. (2022). Strontium isotope identification of possible rural immigrants in 17th century mass graves at St. Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia. Archaeometry, https://doi.org/10.1111/arcm.12759

The aims of this study were to explore the origins of 19 children buried in two mass graves and the general cemetery at the post-medieval St Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia, using strontium isotope analysis (87Sr/86Sr), and to establish loca... Read More about Strontium isotope identification of possible rural immigrants in 17th century mass graves at St. Gertrude Church cemetery in Riga, Latvia.

Childhood in Colonial Otago, New Zealand: Integrating Isotopic and Dental Evidence for Growth Disturbance and Oral Health (2021)
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King, C. L., Kinaston, R. L., Snoddy, A. M. E., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Millard, A. R., & Gröcke, D. R. (2022). Childhood in Colonial Otago, New Zealand: Integrating Isotopic and Dental Evidence for Growth Disturbance and Oral Health. Childhood in the Past, 15(1), 15-43. https://doi.org/10.1080/17585716.2021.1989211

Experiences of childhood in colonial New Zealand are difficult to reconstruct from the historical record alone. Many of those who came to the colony were illiterate, and the Victorian tendency to avoid discussion of pregnancy and breastfeeding practi... Read More about Childhood in Colonial Otago, New Zealand: Integrating Isotopic and Dental Evidence for Growth Disturbance and Oral Health.

Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant (2021)
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Santana, J., Millard, A., Ibáñez-Estevez, J. J., Bocquentin, F., Nowell, G., Peterkin, J., …Kafafi, Z. (2021). Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant. Scientific Reports, 11(1), Article 11857. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-90795-2

Human mobility and migration are thought to have played essential roles in the consolidation and expansion of sedentary villages, long-distance exchanges and transmission of ideas and practices during the Neolithic transition of the Near East. Few is... Read More about Multi-isotope evidence of population aggregation in the Natufian and scant migration during the early Neolithic of the Southern Levant.

A Land of Plenty? Colonial Diet in Rural New Zealand (2021)
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King, C. L., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., Gröcke, D. R., Millard, A. R., Wanhalla, A., …Buckley, H. R. (2021). A Land of Plenty? Colonial Diet in Rural New Zealand. Historical Archaeology, 55(2), 250-268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41636-020-00276-y

Colonial New Zealand was built on the ideal of creating better lives for settlers. Emigrants came looking to escape the shackles of the class-system and poor conditions in Industrial Revolution period Britain. Colonial propaganda claimed that most em... Read More about A Land of Plenty? Colonial Diet in Rural New Zealand.

The “weanling’s dilemma” revisited: Evolving bodies of evidence and the problem of infant paleodietary interpretation (2021)
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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.

Scottish soldiers from the Battle of Dunbar 1650: A prosopographical approach to a skeletal assemblage (2020)
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Millard, A. R., Annis, R. G., Caffell, A. C., Dodd, L. L., Fischer, R., Gerrard, C. M., …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.

A multi-isotope, multi-tissue study of colonial origins and diet in New Zealand (2020)
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King, C. L., Buckley, H. R., Petchey, P., Kinaston, R., Millard, A., Zech, J., …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)
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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)
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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).

Isotopic evidence for anthropogenic lead exposure on a 17th/18th century Barbadian plantation (2019)
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Laffoon, J., Shuler, K., Millard, A., Connelly, J., & Schroeder, H. (2020). Isotopic evidence for anthropogenic lead exposure on a 17th/18th century Barbadian plantation. American journal of physical anthropology, 171(3), 529-538. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.23938

Objectives: To identify and characterize anthropogenic lead sources on a 17th/18th century Barbadian plantation and to test if lead isotope analyses can be used to identify the geographic origins of first‐generation African captives. Materials and Me... Read More about Isotopic evidence for anthropogenic lead exposure on a 17th/18th century Barbadian plantation.

A new method for investigating the relationship between diet and mortality: hazard analysis using dietary isotopes (2019)
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Redfern, R., DeWitte, S., Beaumont, J., Millard, A., & Hamlin, C. (2019). A new method for investigating the relationship between diet and mortality: hazard analysis using dietary isotopes. Annals of Human Biology, https://doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2019.1662484

Background: The population of Roman Britain are renowned for having elevated nitrogen (δ15) stable isotope values, which have been interpreted as evidence for the increased consumption of marine products. However, such results are now understood to a... Read More about A new method for investigating the relationship between diet and mortality: hazard analysis using dietary isotopes.

The Evolution of Diet During the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE for the ‎population buried at Tepe Hissar, North-eastern Central Iranian Plateau: ‎The Stable Isotope Evidence (2019)
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Afshar, Z., Roberts, C., Millard, A., & Gröcke, D. (2019). The Evolution of Diet During the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE for the ‎population buried at Tepe Hissar, North-eastern Central Iranian Plateau: ‎The Stable Isotope Evidence. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 27, Article 101983. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jasrep.2019.101983

This study investigated subsistence economy and dietary changes during the Chalcolithic and Bronze Ages (the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE) in the Central Iranian Plateau through a study of skeletal remains buried at Tepe Hissar, Iran. Tepe Hissar experi... Read More about The Evolution of Diet During the 5th to 2nd millennium BCE for the ‎population buried at Tepe Hissar, North-eastern Central Iranian Plateau: ‎The Stable Isotope Evidence.

Mobile elites at Frattesina: flows of people in a Late Bronze Age ‘port of trade’ in northern Italy (2019)
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Cavazzuti, C., Cardarelli, A., Quondam, F., Salzani, L., Ferrante, M., Nisi, S., …Skeates, R. (2019). Mobile elites at Frattesina: flows of people in a Late Bronze Age ‘port of trade’ in northern Italy. Antiquity, 93(369), 624-644. https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2019.59

Following a mid twelfth-century BC demographic crisis, Frattesina, in northern Italy, arose as a prominent hub linking continental Europe and the Mediterranean, as evidenced by the remarkable variety of exotic materials and commodities discovered at... Read More about Mobile elites at Frattesina: flows of people in a Late Bronze Age ‘port of trade’ in northern Italy.

What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia mega-site occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine (2019)
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Albert, B., Innes, J., Krementskiy, K., Millard, A., Gaydarska, B., Nebbia, M., & Chapman, J. (2020). What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia mega-site occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine. Vegetation History and Archaeobotany, 29(1), 15-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00334-019-00730-9

Fine-resolution sampling of pollen, non-pollen palynomorphs and microcharcoal as well as sedimentological data in a 6-m sediment core were used to reconstruct both natural conditions and human impacts in the late fifth and early fourth millennia cal... Read More about What was the ecological impact of a Trypillia mega-site occupation? Multi-proxy palaeo-environmental investigations at Nebelivka, Ukraine.