Outputs (16)

Poisoned pregnancies: consequences of prenatal lead exposure in relation to infant mortality in the Roman Empire. (2021)
Book Chapter
Moore, J., Williams-Ward, M., Filipek, K., Gowland, R., & Montgomery, J. (2021). Poisoned pregnancies: consequences of prenatal lead exposure in relation to infant mortality in the Roman Empire. In E. J. Kendall, & R. Kendall (Eds.), The Family in Past Perspective: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Familial Relationships Through Time (137-158). Routledge

Large families were often a desired outcome of Roman marriages; laws were even passed to encourage procreation. Despite this, large families were not the norm. The high infant mortality, miscarriage and stillbirth rates throughout this period probabl... Read More about Poisoned pregnancies: consequences of prenatal lead exposure in relation to infant mortality in the Roman Empire..

Strontium isotopic analysis (2019)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Evans, J., & Towers, J. (2019). Strontium isotopic analysis. In M. Parker Pearson, A. Chamberlain, M. Jay, M. Richards, J. Evans, & A. Sheridan (Eds.), The Beaker People: Isotopes, Mobility and Diet in Prehistoric Britain (371-408). Oxbow Books

Isotopes and chariots: diet, subsistence and origins of Iron Age people from Yorkshire (2019)
Book Chapter
Jay, M., & Montgomery, J. (2019). Isotopes and chariots: diet, subsistence and origins of Iron Age people from Yorkshire. In P. Halkon (Ed.), The Arras culture of Eastern Yorkshire - celebrating the Iron Age. Oxbow Books

Aurochs Hunters: The Large Animal Bones from Blick Mead (2018)
Book Chapter
Rogers, B., Gron, K., Montgomery, J., Gröcke, D., & Rowley-Conwy, P. (2018). Aurochs Hunters: The Large Animal Bones from Blick Mead. In D. Jacques, T. Phillips, & T. Lyons (Eds.), Blick mead : exploring the 'first place' in the Stonehenge landscape. Archaeological excavations at Blick Mead, Amesbury, Wiltshire 2005–2016 (127-152). Peter Lang. https://doi.org/10.3726/b11044

The site of Blick Mead has attracted an unusual degree of interest. In addition to its intrinsic importance as a Mesolithic site, its location less than two kilometres east of Stonehenge and its temporal overlap with the massive Mesolithic posts in t... Read More about Aurochs Hunters: The Large Animal Bones from Blick Mead.

Were the Vikings in Carlisle? (2014)
Book Chapter
McCarthy, M., Montgomery, J., Lerwick, C., & Buckberry, J. (2014). Were the Vikings in Carlisle?. In S. Harding, D. Griffiths, & E. Royles (Eds.), In Search of the Vikings: Interdisciplinary Approaches to the Scandinavian Heritage of North-West England (135-145). CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group, London

Childhood lead exposure in the British Isles during the industrial revolution (2014)
Book Chapter
Millard, A., Montgomery, J., Trickett, M., Beaumont, J., Evans, J., & Chenery, S. (2014). Childhood lead exposure in the British Isles during the industrial revolution. In M. Zuckerman (Ed.), Modern environments and human health : revisiting the second epidemiological transition (279-300). Wiley

Man-made toxin exposure is one of the defining characteristics of the second epidemiological transition. Our analysis of previous data shows that lead levels in tooth enamel above 0.87 ppm are characteristic of exposure to anthropogenic lead. In Brit... Read More about Childhood lead exposure in the British Isles during the industrial revolution.

Diet and origins: the isotope evidence (2013)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., & Gledhill, A. (2013). Diet and origins: the isotope evidence. In N. D. Melton, J. Montgomery, & C. J. Knüsel (Eds.), Gristhorpe Man: a Life and Death in the Bronze Age (129-141). Oxbow

The contribution of skeletal isotope analysis to understanding the Bronze Age in Europe (2013)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., & Jay, M. (2013). The contribution of skeletal isotope analysis to understanding the Bronze Age in Europe. In A. Harding, & H. Fokkens (Eds.), The Handbook of Bronze Age Europe (179-196). Oxford University Press

Isotope analysis and paleopathology: A short review and future developments (2012)
Book Chapter
Richards, M., & Montgomery, J. (2012). Isotope analysis and paleopathology: A short review and future developments. In J. Buikstra, & C. Roberts (Eds.), The Global History of Paleopathology: Pioneers and Prospects (718-731). Oxford University Press

The emergence of the LBK: Migration, memory and meaning at the transition to agriculture (2012)
Book Chapter
Zvelebil, M., Lillie, M., Montgomery, J., Lukes, A., Pettitt, P., & Richards, M. (2012). The emergence of the LBK: Migration, memory and meaning at the transition to agriculture. In J. Burger, E. Kaiser, & W. Schier (Eds.), Population dynamics in pre- and early history : new approaches by using stable isotopes and genetics (133-148). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110266306.133

This paper represents one element of a collaborative research project, funded by the AHRC, which focussed on a multidisciplinary study of the Earlier Neolithic cemetery of Vedrovice, Moravia, Czech Republic. One of the key aims of this project was th... Read More about The emergence of the LBK: Migration, memory and meaning at the transition to agriculture.

Identifying the origins of decapitated male skeletons from 3 Driffield Terrace, York, through isotope analysis: reflections of the cosmopolitan nature of Roman York in the time of Caracalla (2011)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Knüsel, C., & Tucker, K. (2011). Identifying the origins of decapitated male skeletons from 3 Driffield Terrace, York, through isotope analysis: reflections of the cosmopolitan nature of Roman York in the time of Caracalla. In M. Bonogofsky (Ed.), The bioarchaeology of the human head : decapitation, decoration and deformation (141-178). University Press of Florida

Gleaming, white and deadly”: using lead to track human exposure and geographic origins in the Roman period in Britain (2010)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Evans, J., Chenery, S., Pashley, V., & Killgrove, K. (2010). Gleaming, white and deadly”: using lead to track human exposure and geographic origins in the Roman period in Britain. In H. Eckardt (Ed.), . Editorial Committee of the Journal of Roman Archaeology

Stable isotope analysis of bone. (2009)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Evans, J., Chenery, C., & Müldner, G. (2009). Stable isotope analysis of bone. In M. Carver, C. Hills, & J. Scheschkewitz (Eds.), Wasperton: A Roman, British and Anglo-Saxon Community in Central England (48-49). Boydell & Brewer

Isotope analysis of bone collagen and tooth enamel. (2009)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Muldner, G., Cook, G., Gledhill, A., & Ellam, R. (2009). Isotope analysis of bone collagen and tooth enamel. In C. Lowe (Ed.), 'Clothing for the Soul Divine': Burials at the Tomb of St Ninian. Excavations at Whithorn Priory, 1957-67 (63-80). Historic Scotland

Foragers, farmers or foreigners? An assessment of dietary strontium isotope variation in Middle Neolithic and Early Bronze Age East Yorkshire (2007)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., Cooper, R., & Evans, J. (2007). Foragers, farmers or foreigners? An assessment of dietary strontium isotope variation in Middle Neolithic and Early Bronze Age East Yorkshire. In M. Larsson, & M. Parker Pearson (Eds.), From Stonehenge to the Baltic : living with cultural diversity in the third millennium BC (65-75). Archaeopress

Immigrants on the Isle of Lewis - combining traditional funerary and modern isotope evidence to investigate social differentiation, migration and dietary change in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland (2006)
Book Chapter
Montgomery, J., & Evans, J. (2006). Immigrants on the Isle of Lewis - combining traditional funerary and modern isotope evidence to investigate social differentiation, migration and dietary change in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. In R. Gowland, & C. Knusel (Eds.), The social archaeology of funerary remains (122-142). Oxbow Books