Man, nutrition and mobility: A comparison of teeth and bone from the Medieval era and the present from Pb and Sr isotopes

Åberg, Göran; Fosse, Gisle; Stray, H.

doi:10.1016/s0048-9697(98)00347-7

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“…Åberg et al 1998;Bentley & Knipper 2005;Evans et al 2009;Evans et al 2010;Frei & Frei 2011;Frei & Frei 2013;Hartman & Richards 2014;Hedman et al 2009;Hodell et al 2004;Knudson & Torres-Rouff 2009;Kootker et al 2016;Laffoon et al 2012;Nafplioti 2011;Porder et al 2003;Price and Naumann, 2015;Sjögren et al 2009;Thornton 2011;Voerkelius et al 2010;Willmes et al 2014;Zitek et al 2015), however none of these has specifically dealt with detailed Sr isoscapes in Ireland. At present, there are relatively few published data dealing with spatial variation of 87 Sr/ 86 Sr in the Irish biosphere using environmental samples (Cahill Wilson and Standish, 2016;Knudson et al, 2012;Snoeck et al, 2016;Voerkelius et al, 2010), despite the fact that 87 Sr/ 86 Sr are commonplace as a provenance tool applied to archaeological studies (e.g.…”

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87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

Ryan

Snoeck

Crowley

et al. 2018

Applied Geochemistry

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87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

Ryan

Snoeck

Crowley

et al. 2018

Applied Geochemistry

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“…composition of the lead present in teeth has sometimes been used to estimate the contributions of different sources and pathways of exposure to lead (e.g. Alexander et al 1993;Delves & Campbell 1993;Farmer et al 1994;Gulson & Wilson 1994;Gulson 1996;Å berg et al 1998Budd et al 1998Budd et al , 2004Yoshinaga et al 1998). In Britain, variations in stable lead isotope ratios, in particular the 206 Pb/ 207 Pb atom ratio, have been exploited because of the considerable interest, especially during the 1980s and 1990s, in evaluating the relative magnitude of contributions from petrol lead ( 206 Pb/ 207 Pb = 1.06-1.09) and drinking water in contact with lead pipes ( 206 Pb/ 207 Pb = 1.16-1.18) (e.g.…”

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Human teeth as historical biomonitors of environmental and dietary lead: some lessons from isotopic studies of 19th and 20th century archival material

Farmer

MacKenzie

Moody

2006

Environ Geochem Health

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The lead isotopic composition of various sections (crown, crown base, root) of teeth was determined in specimens collected from 19th century skulls preserved in museum collections and, upon extraction or exfoliation, from humans of known ages residing in Scotland in the 1990s. For most 20th century samples, calculation of accurate crown-complete or root-complete dates of tooth formation ranging from the 1920s to the 1990s enabled comparison of (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratios for teeth sections (crown base root) with corresponding decadally averaged data for archival herbarium Sphagnum moss samples. This showed that the teeth sections had been significantly influenced by incorporation of non-contemporaneous (more recent) lead subsequent to the time of tooth formation, most probably via continuous uptake by dentine. This finding confirmed that separation of enamel from dentine is necessary for the potential of teeth sections as historical biomonitors of environmental (and dietary) lead exposure at the time of tooth formation to be realised. Nevertheless, the mean 19th century value of 1.172+/-0.007 for the (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratio in teeth was very similar to the corresponding mean value of 1.173+/-0.004 for 19th century archival moss, although relative contributions from environmental sources - whether direct, by inhalation/ingestion of dust contaminated by local lead smelting ((206)Pb/(207)Pb~1.17) and coal combustion ((206)Pb/(207)Pb~1.18) emissions, or indirect, through ingestion of similarly contaminated food - and drinking/cooking water contaminated by lead pipes of local origin, cannot readily be determined. In the 20th century, however, the much lower values of the (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratio (range 1.100-1.166, mean 1.126+/-0.013, median 1.124) for the teeth collected from various age groups in the 1990s reflect the significant influence of imported Australian lead of lower (206)Pb/(207)Pb ratio (~1.04) and released to the environment most notably through car-exhaust emissions arising from the use of alkyl lead additives ((206)Pb/(207)Pb~1.06-1.09) in petrol in the U.K. from ca. 1930 until the end of the 20th century.

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“…Sr values, such as using imported grinding stones (Åberg, Fosse, & Stray, 1998) or additives to process food (Wright, 2005). Water sources from springs with differing geology and containing varied sediments also can influence an individual's strontium isotope ratio.…”

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Mobility and exile at 2nd century A.D. khirbet edh‐dharih: Strontium isotope analysis of human migration in western Jordan

Perry¹,

Coleman²,

Delhopital³

2008

Geoarchaeology

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The 2nd century A.D. Roman annexation of the Nabataean Kingdom may have resulted in significant settlement disruption. Here we investigate the possibility that political refugees occupied Khirbet edh-Dharih after Roman takeover, using strontium isotope analysis of archaeological human dental enamel. We additionally discuss regional patterning of 87 Sr/ 86 Sr in western Jordan based on archaeological faunal dental enamel samples to understand strontium isotope spatial heterogeneity and to facilitate interpretation of the Dharih results. Strontium isotope analysis of small mammal dentition varied as expected based on bedrock geology, but small faunal sample sizes did not accurately reflect the broad range of biologically available strontium at Dharih. Only one person at Khirbet edh-Dharh appears to be non-local based on isotopic data. The status of the remaining individuals is unclear, as they could have originated from Dharih or the Nabataean capital city of Petra. Incorporating modern fauna and soil samples to establish the local value may assist in characterizing the local strontium in a geologically complex area such as Dharih. Futhermore, future analysis of elemental strontium to assess dietary composition and diagenetic contamination would facilitate interpretation of the strontium sources in the Dharih individuals.

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Man, nutrition and mobility: A comparison of teeth and bone from the Medieval era and the present from Pb and Sr isotopes

Cited by 76 publications

References 26 publications

87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland

Human teeth as historical biomonitors of environmental and dietary lead: some lessons from isotopic studies of 19th and 20th century archival material

Mobility and exile at 2nd century A.D. khirbet edh‐dharih: Strontium isotope analysis of human migration in western Jordan

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