Isotopic analysis of the human skeletal remains
Beaumont, Julia Hall, C. Hamilton, D. Buckberry, Jo
Beaumont, Julia
Hall, C.
Hamilton, D.
Buckberry, Jo
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2018
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This chapter summarises the isotope analysis undertaken on the human remains from RUX6, in order to estimate their diet and physiological changes during life. Carbon (δ13C) and nitrogen (δ15N) stable isotope ratio analysis was carried out using incremental dentine sectioning for collagen for individuals SF 26319 and SF17642 (giving values for childhood and early adolescence) and bulk sampling of bone collagen for these two individuals plus an ulna from a third, disturbed burial from Square G, SF 17437 (providing an average for each of the diet during last 10 years of life). Contemporary faunal bone collage samples were also measured in order to provide an isotopic baseline. In addition, enamel from the teeth of SF 26319 and SF 17642 was sampled for strontium isotope ratios to assess individual migration.
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Beaumont J, Hall C, Hamilton D et al (2018) Isotopic analysis of the human skeletal remains. In: Ballin Smith B (Ed) Life on the Edge: Iain Crawford’s Udal, North Uist. The Neolithic and Bronze Age of RUX6. Oxford : Archaeopress. Pp 80-85.
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