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Finding Fodder and Tracking Transhumance: Isotopic Detection of Goat Domestication Processes in the Near East by Makarewicz, Cheryl, Tuross, Noreen

“…The domestication of several animal taxa in the Near East approximately 10,000 years ago marked a fundamental shift in human-animal interactions that…”
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Salmonella enterica genomes from victims of a major sixteenth-century epidemic in Mexico by Vågene, Åshild J., Herbig, Alexander, Campana, Michael G., Robles García, Nelly M., Warinner, Christina, Sabin, Susanna, Spyrou, Maria A., Andrades Valtueña, Aida, Huson, Daniel, Tuross, Noreen, Bos, Kirsten I., Krause, Johannes

“…Indigenous populations of the Americas experienced high mortality rates during the early contact period as a result of infectious diseases, many of which were…”
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Maize, beans and the floral isotopic diversity of highland Oaxaca, Mexico by Warinner, Christina, Garcia, Nelly Robles, Tuross, Noreen

“…Oaxaca, Mexico has been inhabited by humans for over 10,000 years. From the time of earliest habitation, this environment provided a wide floral subsistence to…”
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Growing up in Ancient Sardinia: Infant-toddler dietary changes revealed by the novel use of hydrogen isotopes (δ2H) by Ryan, Saskia E, Reynard, Linda M, Pompianu, Elisa, van Dommelen, Peter, Murgia, Clizia, Subirà, M. Eulàlia, Tuross, Noreen

“…Detailed information about the lives and deaths of children in antiquity is often in short supply. Childhood dietary histories are, however, recorded and…”
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Mediterranean precipitation isoscape preserved in bone collagen δ2H by Reynard, Linda M., Ryan, Saskia E., Guirguis, Michele, Contreras-Martínez, Miguel, Pompianu, Elisa, Ramis, Damià, van Dommelen, Peter, Tuross, Noreen

“…The prehistory of the Mediterranean region has long been a subject of considerable interest, particularly the links between human groups and regions of origin…”
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Faunal record identifies Bering isthmus conditions as constraint to end-Pleistocene migration to the New World by Meiri, Meirav, Lister, Adrian M., Collins, Matthew J., Tuross, Noreen, Goebel, Ted, Blockley, Simon, Zazula, Grant D., van Doorn, Nienke, Dale Guthrie, R., Boeskorov, Gennady G., Baryshnikov, Gennady F., Sher, Andrei, Barnes, Ian

“…Human colonization of the New World is generally believed to have entailed migrations from Siberia across the Bering isthmus. However, the limited…”
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Relatively Well Preserved DNA Is Present in the Crystal Aggregates of Fossil Bones by Salamon, Michal, Tuross, Noreen, Arensburg, Baruch, Weiner, Steve, Arsuaga, Juan Luis

“…DNA from fossil human bones could provide invaluable information about population migrations, genetic relations between different groups and the spread of…”
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Asian origin for a 10,000-year-old domesticated plant in the Americas by Erickson, D.L, Smith, B.D, Clarke, A.C, Sandweiss, D.H, Tuross, N

“…New genetic and archaeological approaches have substantially improved our understanding of the transition to agriculture, a major turning point in human…”
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Mineralogical and compositional changes in bones exposed on soil surfaces in Amboseli National Park, Kenya: diagenetic mechanisms and the role of sediment pore fluids by Trueman, Clive N.G, Behrensmeyer, Anna K, Tuross, Noreen, Weiner, Steve

“…Bones exposed on tropical savannah grasslands of Amboseli National Park, Kenya undergo extensive post-mortem alteration within 40 years. A combined analytical…”
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Asprich: A Novel Aspartic Acid-Rich Protein Family from the Prismatic Shell Matrix of the Bivalve Atrina rigida by Gotliv, Bat-Ami, Kessler, Naama, Sumerel, Jan L, Morse, Daniel E, Tuross, Noreen, Addadi, Lia, Weiner, Steve

“…Almost all mineralized tissues contain proteins that are unusually acidic. As they are also often intimately associated with the mineral phase, they are…”
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Foddering by Mongolian pastoralists is recorded in the stable carbon ( δ 13C) and nitrogen ( δ 15N) isotopes of caprine dentinal collagen by Makarewicz, Cheryl, Tuross, Noreen

“…Direct identification of fodder provisioning in individual animals is a previously unexplored area that has important implications for determining animal…”
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America's red gold: multiple lineages of cultivated cochineal in Mexico by Campana, Michael G., Robles García, Nelly M., Tuross, Noreen

“…Cultivated cochineal (Dactylopius coccus) produces carminic acid, a valuable red dye used to color textiles, cosmetics, and food. Extant native D. coccus is…”
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The Effects of Sample Treatment and Diagenesis on the Isotopic Integrity of Carbonate in Biogenic Hydroxylapatite by Koch, Paul L., Tuross, Noreen, Fogel, Marilyn L.

“…The study of the isotopic composition of structural carbonate in fossil vertebrate hydroxylapatite has been hampered by uncertainty concerning sample treatment…”
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The known, the unknown and the unknowable: weaning times from archaeological bones using nitrogen isotope ratios by Reynard, Linda M., Tuross, Noreen

“…Empirical observations of δ15N of bone collagen by age at death from 56 archaeological sites (n = 1560) document an increase over the adult mean at ages ∼0–2…”
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Alkaline cooking and stable isotope tissue-diet spacing in swine: archaeological implications by Warinner, Christina, Tuross, Noreen

“…In this study we examine the effects of alkaline cooking on carbon and oxygen stable isotopic ratios of mineralized tissues from nine pigs raised on monotonous…”
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Transformation of Plant Biochemicals to Geological Macromolecules during Early Diagenesis by Fogel, Marilyn L., Tuross, Noreen

“…Chemical and isotopic changes in plant biochemicals that were transformed into organic geochemicals have been measured in anaerobic, freshwater marsh…”
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Oxygen and hydrogen isotopes in rodent tissues: Impact of diet, water and ontogeny by Kirsanow, Karola, Tuross, Noreen

“…Stable oxygen (δ 18O) and hydrogen (δD) isotope compositions in heterotroph tissues are known to reflect the seasonal variation of meteoric water intake and…”
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Identification of Treponema pallidum Subspecies pallidum in a 200-Year-Old Skeletal Specimen by Kolman, Connie J., Centurion-Lara, Arturo, Lukehart, Sheila A., Owsley, Douglas W., Tuross, Noreen

“…Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum, the causative agent of venereal syphilis, was detected in a 200-year-old skeletal specimen from Easter Island. An initial…”
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Brief communication: Tissue isotopic enrichment associated with growth depression in a pig: Implications for archaeology and ecology by Warinner, Christina, Tuross, Noreen

“…Stressors such as fasting or poor diet quality are thought to potentially alter the nitrogen and carbon isotopic values of animal tissues. In this study, we…”
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Accelerated Mass Spectrometry Radiocarbon Determination of Papyrus Samples by Tuross, Noreen

“…The calibrated ages are calculated using known-age tree ring radiocarbon measurements (INTCAL13) utilizing the OxCal program Version 4.2…”
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