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Bone stable isotope evidence for infant feeding in Mediaeval England (2002)
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Mays, S., Richards, M., & Fuller, B. (2002). Bone stable isotope evidence for infant feeding in Mediaeval England. Antiquity, 76(293), 654-656. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0003598x00091067

This paper is a first study of duration of breastfeeding using bone stable isotopes in infants in a British palaeopopulation, from the deserted Mediaeval village of Wharram Percy, England. Nitrogen stable isotope analysis suggests cessation of breast... Read More about Bone stable isotope evidence for infant feeding in Mediaeval England.

The wet, the wild and the domesticated: The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition on the West coast of Scotland (2002)
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Schulting, R., & Richards, M. (2002). The wet, the wild and the domesticated: The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition on the West coast of Scotland. European Journal of Archaeology, 5(2), 147-189. https://doi.org/10.1177/14619571020050020201

Models of the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Britain in recent years have tended to downplay the role of changes in the subsistence economy, emphasizing a very gradual adoption of new domesticated resources. This view has been particularly pervas... Read More about The wet, the wild and the domesticated: The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition on the West coast of Scotland.

Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications (2002)
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Privat, K., O’Connell, T., & Richards, M. (2002). Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(7), 779-790. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0785

Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope values were obtained from human and faunal bones from the Early Anglo-Saxon cemetery site at Wally Corner, Berinsfield, Oxfordshire, U.K. These values were used to characterize the diet of the burial community as a... Read More about Stable isotope analysis of human and faunal remains from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Berinsfield, Oxfordshire: Dietary and social implications.

Diagenetic arsenic uptake in archaeological bone: Can we really identify copper smelters? (2002)
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Pike, A., & Richards, M. (2002). Diagenetic arsenic uptake in archaeological bone: Can we really identify copper smelters?. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(6), 607-611. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2001.0754

In a recent paper Oakberg, Levy & Smith (2000) reported measurements of arsenic concentrations in bone from the Chalcolithic site of Shiqmim, Israel. They inferred that since elevated levels of As had been found in the bone of modern copper smelter w... Read More about Diagenetic arsenic uptake in archaeological bone: Can we really identify copper smelters?.

Dogs, Ducks, Deer and Diet: New Stable Isotope Evidence on Early Mesolithic Dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England (2002)
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Schulting, R., & Richards, M. (2002). Dogs, Ducks, Deer and Diet: New Stable Isotope Evidence on Early Mesolithic Dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England. Journal of Archaeological Science, 29(4), 327-333. https://doi.org/10.1006/jasc.2002.0707

We present new carbon and nitrogen isotope values for two domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) and an aquatic bird (Grus grus) from the Mesolithic sites of Star and Seamer Carr, Yorkshire, England. Previous measurements of the carbon isotopes of the Seam... Read More about Dogs, Ducks, Deer and Diet: New Stable Isotope Evidence on Early Mesolithic Dogs from the Vale of Pickering, North-east England.

Palaeodietary patterning and radiocarbon dating of Neolithic populations in the Primorye Province, Russian Far East (2002)
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Kuzmin, Y., Richards, M., & Yoneda, M. (2002). Palaeodietary patterning and radiocarbon dating of Neolithic populations in the Primorye Province, Russian Far East. Ancient biomolecules, 4(2), 53-58. https://doi.org/10.1080/1358612021000010695

Here, we report new radiocarbon dates and palaeodietary data (13C and 15N measurements) from human bone collagen of two Early Neolithic populations in Primorye (Maritime) Province, in the Russian Far East. We found that the coastal people of the Bois... Read More about Palaeodietary patterning and radiocarbon dating of Neolithic populations in the Primorye Province, Russian Far East.

Dating Women and Becoming Farmers: New Palaeodietary and AMS Dating Evidence from the Breton Mesolithic Cemeteries of Téviec and Hoëdic (2001)
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Schulting, R., & Richards, M. (2001). Dating Women and Becoming Farmers: New Palaeodietary and AMS Dating Evidence from the Breton Mesolithic Cemeteries of Téviec and Hoëdic. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 20(3), 314-344. https://doi.org/10.1006/jaar.2000.0370

This paper presents and discusses the results of a palaeodietary and AMS dating study of burials from the Mesolithic sites of Téviec and Hoëdic, Brittany, France. In common with other Mesolithic coastal populations in Europe, isotopic analysis demons... Read More about Dating Women and Becoming Farmers: New Palaeodietary and AMS Dating Evidence from the Breton Mesolithic Cemeteries of Téviec and Hoëdic.

Sulphur isotopic variation in ancient bone collagen from Europe: implications for human palaeodiet, residence mobility, and modern pollutant studies (2001)
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Richards, M., Fuller, B., & Hedges, R. (2001). Sulphur isotopic variation in ancient bone collagen from Europe: implications for human palaeodiet, residence mobility, and modern pollutant studies. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 191(3-4), 185-190. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x%2801%2900427-7

We report here on the first measurements of δ34S in small (

Neolithic Diet at the Brochtorff Circle, Malta (2001)
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Richards, M., Hedges, R., Walton, I., Stoddart, S., & Malone, C. (2001). Neolithic Diet at the Brochtorff Circle, Malta. European Journal of Archaeology, 4(2), 253-262. https://doi.org/10.1177/146195710100400206

From Neolithic Malta, there is evidence of increasing population size accompanied by increasingly elaborate material culture, including the famous megalithic architecture. Stoddart et al. (1993) argued that social tensions and controls increased as f... Read More about Neolithic Diet at the Brochtorff Circle, Malta.

Stable isotope evidence for increasing dietary breadth in the European mid-Upper Paleolithic (2001)
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Richards, M., Pettitt, P., Stiner, M., & Trinkaus, E. (2001). Stable isotope evidence for increasing dietary breadth in the European mid-Upper Paleolithic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 98(11), 6528-6532. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.111155298

New carbon and nitrogen stable isotope values for human remains dating to the mid-Upper Paleolithic in Europe indicate significant amounts of aquatic (fish, mollusks, and/or birds) foods in some of their diets. Most of this evidence points to exploit... Read More about Stable isotope evidence for increasing dietary breadth in the European mid-Upper Paleolithic.