Stable Isotope Analysis on Human Skeletal Remains from the Edo-period Fushimi Castle Site in Japan

Preliminary Findings on Human Skeletal Remains from Harappan site of Farmana

The present paper deals with the primary observations conducted on human skeletal remains excavated at Harappan siteof Farmana. The site (29°02’22”N and 76°18’21”E) in the jurisdiction of Meham block of Rohtak district, Haryana, islocally known as Daksh Kheda. Three cultural phases have been identified; Early Harappan, Mature Harappan and LateHarappan, dating back to 2500 BC. In all 70 burial p...

Anthropological Analysis of Human Skeletal Remains from the Hallstatt Period “vinkovci-nama” Site

Osteological data from a small (n=11) Hallstatt-period skeletal series provide insight into health, disease, and stress levels in Iron age continental Croatia. The sample was recovered from the “Vinkovci-NaMa” site during excavations in 1976 and 1977. The recovered remains were stored in the Vinkovci town museum in paper bags without grave numbers or other types of identification. Therefore, be...

Paleodemography of a medieval population in Japan: analysis of human skeletal remains from the Yuigahama-minami site.

The purpose of this study is to obtain demographic data regarding the medieval population buried at the Yuigahama-minami site in Kamakura, Japan, and to detect a secular trend in the life expectancy of Japanese population over the last several thousand years. The Yuigahama-minami skeletal sample consists of 260 individuals, including 98 subadults (under 20 years old) and 162 adults. A Yuigahama...

Extraction and Analysis of Ancient DNA from Human Remains of Masjede Kabood Burial Site

Quantifying Inter-Laboratory Variability in Stable Isotope Analysis of Ancient Skeletal Remains

Over the past forty years, stable isotope analysis of bone (and tooth) collagen and hydroxyapatite has become a mainstay of archaeological and paleoanthropological reconstructions of paleodiet and paleoenvironment. Despite this method's frequent use across anthropological subdisciplines (and beyond), the present work represents the first attempt at gauging the effects of inter-laboratory variab...