Dietary Habits and Tusk Usage of Shovel-Tusked Gomphotheres from Florida: Evidence from Stereoscopic Wear of Molars and Upper and Lower Tusks [PDF]
Biology, 2022 The paleodiet of the shovel-tusked gomphotheres from Florida (Amebelodon floridanus, Konobelodon britti, and Serbelodon barbourensis) was assessed via microwear analysis of molar dental enamel and compared to a large database of both extant proboscideans
Gina M. Semprebon +2 more
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Contribution to Longobard dietary studies: Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope data from Castel Trosino (6th-8th c. CE, Ascoli Piceno, central Italy) [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2021 The arrival of the Longobards in Italy represents one of the most significant periods of the Early Middle Ages. Such arrival had social and political implications, particularly in relation to cultural admixture with local communities.
Sara Bernardini +4 more
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Surf and turf: A dataset of stable isotope values of plants and animals from southern California [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2021 This article presents baseline isotope values for plant and animal samples collected from across southern California. A total of 80 samples representing 50 species were collected and analyzed for this project.
Mikael Fauvelle, Andrew D. Somerville
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When big data initiatives meet: Data sharing between THANADOS and IsoArcH for early medieval cemeteries in Austria [PDF]
Data in Brief, 2023 This paper reports carbon, nitrogen, and sulfur stable isotope data obtained from bone collagen of humans from the early medieval cemeteries of Hemmaberg/Gora svete Heme and Oberleiserberg located in Austria.
Nina Richards +5 more
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Morphological characteristics of seed starch granules of Fagaceae in South China and their implication in paleodiet [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022 Nut fruits likely played a significant role before and during the origin of agriculture; however, relatively little research conducted on the morphological characteristics and statistical comparisons of nut fruit starch granule hinders the progress of ...
Tong Yu +10 more
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The North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes [PDF]
Scientific DataHere, we present the North American Repository for Archaeological Isotopes (NARIA), the largest open-access compilation of previously reported isotopic measurements (n = 28,374) from bioarchaeological samples in North America (i.e., Canada, Greenland ...
Traci N. Billings +7 more
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A comprehensive dataset and image-set for exploring buccal dental microwear in late prehistory farming groups from northeastern Iberian Peninsula [PDF]
Data in BriefThis data article presents a comprehensive buccal dental microwear raw database, accompanied by all corresponding archaeological sample micrographs acquired through a ZEISS Axioscope A1 optical microscopy (OM).
Raquel Hernando
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Investigating human paleodiet at Mesolithic Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov, Karelia using a multi-proxy stable isotope approach. [PDF]
PLoS ONEThis study employs multiple isotopic proxies to investigate dietary practices at Yuzhniy Oleniy Ostrov (YOO, Karelia, north-western Russia), the largest Mesolithic cemetery in northern Europe.
Rebekka I I Eckelmann +9 more
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The history of mesowear: a review [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Published mesowear data was reviewed from the year 2000 to November 2019 (211 publications, 707 species, 1,396 data points). Mesowear is a widely applied tooth wear technique that can be used to infer a herbivore’s diet by scoring the height and ...
Nicole L. Ackermans
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Consumption of only wild foods induces large scale, partially persistent alterations to the gut microbiome [PDF]
Scientific ReportsThe gut microbiome (GM) is implicated in human health and varies among lifestyles. So-called “traditional” diets have been suggested to promote health-associated taxa. However, most studies focused only on diets including domesticated foods. Historically,
Simone Rampelli +6 more
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