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Isotopic paleodiet studies of skeletons from the Imperial Roman-age cemetery of Isola Sacra, Rome, Italy by Prowse, Tracy, Schwarcz, Henry P., Saunders, Shelley, Macchiarelli, Roberto, Bondioli, Luca

“…This is an isotopic study of collagen and bone apatite samples from individuals buried in the 1st–3rd centuries AD cemetery of Isola Sacra on the Mediterranean…”
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Isotopic evidence for age-related variation in diet from Isola Sacra, Italy by Prowse, Tracy L., Schwarcz, Henry P., Saunders, Shelley R., Macchiarelli, Roberto, Bondioli, Luca

“…This study examines collagen (N = 105) and apatite (N = 65) data from an Imperial Roman skeletal sample from the necropolis of Isola Sacra (Rome, Italy). This…”
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Infant feeding and weaning practices in Roman Egypt by Dupras, Tosha L., Schwarcz, Henry P., Fairgrieve, Scott I.

“…Current knowledge of infant feeding and weaning practices during the Roman period in Egypt is limited to scanty documentary and iconographic evidence. Stable…”
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Stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in human tooth enamel: Identifying breastfeeding and weaning in prehistory by Wright, Lori E., Schwarcz, Henry P.

“…This paper investigates the utility of stable carbon and oxygen isotopes in human dental enamel to reveal patterns of breastfeeding and weaning in prehistory…”
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Constraints on Pleistocene pluvial climates through stable-isotope analysis of fossil-spring tufas and associated gastropods, Kharga Oasis, Egypt by Smith, Jennifer R, Giegengack, Robert, Schwarcz, Henry P

“…Stable-isotope analyses of fossil-spring carbonates (tufas) and freshwater gastropods ( Melanoides tuberculata) from the currently hyperarid Western Desert of…”
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Infrared and Isotopic Evidence for Diagenesis of Bone Apatite at Dos Pilas, Guatemala: Palaeodietary Implications by Wright, Lori E., Schwarcz, Henry P.

“…The use of stable carbon isotopic analysis of bone apatite to reconstruct prehistoric diets is hindered by the possibility of diagenetic alteration of…”
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Correspondence Between Stable Carbon, Oxygen and Nitrogen Isotopes in Human Tooth Enamel and Dentine: Infant Diets at Kaminaljuyú by Wright, Lori E, Schwarcz, Henry P

“…We have previously shown that records of the history of dietary supplementation and weaning can be recovered from isotopic analyses of enamel carbonate in…”
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Paleoclimate and vegetation of the Last Glacial Cycles in Jerusalem from a Speleothem Record by Frumkin, Amos, Ford, Derek C., Schwarcz, Henry P.

“…A speleothem isotopic record taken from Jerusalem is used to reconstruct regional climate over the last 170,000 years. Glacial periods in Jerusalem were…”
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Detection of ancient maize in lowland Maya soils using stable carbon isotopes: evidence from Caracol, Belize by Webb, Elizabeth A., Schwarcz, Henry P., Healy, Paul F.

“…Maize (a C 4 plant) is enriched in the stable isotope 13C relative to most other cultivated and wild plants in Mesoamerica. Hence, a distinctive carbon isotope…”
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Revised open system U-series/ESR age calculations for teeth from Stratum C at the Hoxnian Interglacial type locality, England by Grün, Rainer, Schwarcz, Henry P

“…Re-calculation of previously published U-series/ESR age results in two teeth from Layer C of the type locality of the Hoxnian Interglacial resulted in a mean…”
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Palaeodietary implications from stable isotopic analysis of residues on prehistoric Ontario ceramics by Morton, June D., Schwarcz, Henry P.

“…Stable isotopic analyses of charred residues encrusted on the interiors of ceramics can be used to infer the nature of the foods that were prepared in the…”
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Late Pleistocene paleoclimate in the Black Hills of South Dakota from isotope records in speleothems by Serefiddin, Feride, Schwarcz, Henry P., Ford, Derek C., Baldwin, Steve

“…Two coeval speleothems from the Black Hills are used to investigate δ 18O and δ 13C variations within Reed’s Cave and reconstruct climate during the Wisconsin…”
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Chronometric Dating in Archaeology:  A Review by Schwarcz, Henry P

“…Most archaeological dating methods are based on decay of a naturally occurring radioisotope. 14C activity of fossil bones and charcoal decreases with age, but…”
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Latest Homo erectus of Java: Potential Contemporaneity with Homo sapiens in Southeast Asia by Swisher, C. C., Rink, W. J., Antón, S. C., Schwarcz, H. P., Curtis, G. H., Suprijo, A., Widiasmoro

“…Hominid fossils from Ngandong and Sambungmacan, Central Java, are considered the most morphologically advanced representatives of Homo erectus. Electron spin…”
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A reconstruction of Quaternary pluvial environments and human occupations using stratigraphy and geochronology of fossil-spring tufas, Kharga Oasis, Egypt by Smith, Jennifer R., Giegengack, Robert, Schwarcz, Henry P., McDonald, Mary M. A., Kleindienst, Maxine R., Hawkins, Alicia L., Churcher, Charles S.

“…We carried out a geologic survey and a preliminary archaeological survey of four fossil‐spring tufa localities in Kharga Oasis, Egypt, to constrain the timing…”
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Cross-continental shelf trends in coral ∂15N on the Great Barrier Reef:further consideration of the reef nutrient paradox by Sammarco, PW, Risk, MJ, Schwarcz, HP, Heikoop, JM

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Isotopic Evidence for Maya Patterns of Deer and Dog Use at Preclassic Colha by White, Christine D., Pohl, Mary E.D., Schwarcz, Henry P., Longstaffe, Fred J.

“…Based on our assessment of human exploitation of animals in the New World, we propose that one criterion for domestication should be dependence on humans for…”
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The grasshopper or the ant?: cultigen-use strategies in ancient Nubia from C-13 analyses of human hair by Schwarcz, H.P., White, C.D.

“…Sections of human hair from naturally desiccated Sudanese Nubian mummies representing X-Group (AD 350–550) and Christian (AD 550–1300) periods in the Wadi…”
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Oxygen Isotopes and the Identification of Geographical Origins: The Valley of Oaxaca versus the Valley of Mexico by White, Christine D., Spence, Michael W., Le Q. Stuart-Williams, Hilary, Schwarcz, Henry P.

“…Oxygen isotope analysis of human bone phosphate is used for archaeological samples from three sites in Mexico with contemporaneous time sequences to test its…”
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Oxygen isotopic determination of climatic variation using phosphate from beaver bone, tooth enamel, and dentine by Stuart-Williams, Hilary Le Q., Schwarcz, Henry P.

“…The δ 18O of Canadian beaver ( Castor canadensis) teeth should reflect variations in the isotopic composition of the water in which the beavers live, as their…”
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