Guest Editors: Sammantha Holder and Laurie J. Reitsema

Published: 2018-12-06

Stable Isotope Analysis and the Study of Human Stress, Disease, and Nutrition

Laurie J. Reitsema, Sammantha Holder

63–74

Abstract

This issue explores recent advances and future prospects in the application of stable isotope ratio data to human paleopathology. Stable isotope...

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Early Life Stress at Mission Santa Catalina de Guale: An Integrative Analysis of Enamel Defects and Dentin Incremental Isotope Variation in Malnutrition

Carey J. Garland, Laurie J. Reitsema, Clark Spencer Larsen, David Hurst Thomas

75–94

Abstract

This study examines internal enamel micro-defects and incremental isotopic data from tooth dentin to reconstruct early life stress and dietary...

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The Role of Infant Feeding and Childhood Diet in Vitamin D Deficiency in a Nineteenth-Century Rural Dutch Community

Andrea L. Waters-Rist, Menno L. P. Hoogland

95–116

Abstract

Research on vitamin D deficiency in past and present populations shows the profound effect diet has on health. The rural Dutch community of...

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Pathophysiological Stable Isotope Fractionation: Assessing the Impact of Anemia on Enamel Apatite δ18O and δ13C Values and Bone Collagen δ15N and δ13C Values

Gina M. A. Carroll, Sarah A. Inskip, Andrea Waters-Rist

117–146

Abstract

Within the past quarter century, researchers have taken steps to understand pathophysiological stable isotope fractionation within mammalian...

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Investigating Diet and Disease in a Medieval German Poorhouse Population using Isotopic Analysis of Human and Faunal Tissues

Karyn C. Olsen, Kristin von Heyking, Gisela Grupe, Christine D. White, Fred J. Longstaffe

147–163

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This study investigates a medieval (twelfth to sixteenth century) poorhouse skeletal collection from Regensburg, Germany, by assessing diet and...

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