Tosha L Dupras
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 97488 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Tosha L Dupras |
| NOMBRES | Tosha L |
| APELLIDO | Dupras |
| FIRMA | DUPRAS T L |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Central Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8237-6850 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 30 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 430 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 1999 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 7 |
An Isotopic Exploration of Medieval Nun Diet at Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre, Var, France
L'abbaye cistercienne de Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre (XIIIe-XIVe siècles apr. J.-C.) et le cimetière associé sont situés, près de Hyères dans le Var. Le cimetière, préexistant à la fondation de l'abbaye, a été occupé par les moniales mais également par la population de laïcs comprenant hommes, femmes et enfants. Des analyses d'isotopes stables du carbone et de l'azote ont été conduites sur un échantillon de sujets provenant du secteur dévolu aux …
Saint-Jean de Todon and Saint-Victor-la-Coste
The nuns of Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre
The reforms of the medieval Christian church were a way to reestablish the rigor of the Rule. This affected men’s and women’s abbeys differently, especially considering dietary restrictions and food abstinence. The Cistercian abbey and cemetery of Saint-Pierre de l’Almanarre (12th-14th centuries AD) is located along the southeastern Mediterranean coast of France near Hyères. Those interred in the cemetery included nuns from the convent as well as…
Mapping mobility
The Cluniac church and cemetery site of Saint-Jean de Todon was used during the 9th-13th centuries. Of the 226 individuals excavated from the cemetery, tooth enamel apatite from 142 (79 males, 41 females, 9 non-adults, and 13 indeterminate sex) were analyzed for oxygen and strontium isotopes. First, second, and third permanent molars were used to investigate possible regions of residence during childhood. Each tooth provides a snapshot in time ba…
Saint-Jean de Todon and Saint-Victor-la-Coste
Two Medieval Christian cemeteries (9th to 13th AD) located in southern France near Laudun l’Ardoise, held the remains of adult males, females, and non-adults. The elite site of Saint-Jean de Todon sits on the Lacau plateau, a boundary that marks a clear division from the lower-class cemetery of Saint-Victor-la-Coste. To understand how diet was affected by the evolution of the Christian church, and how it may have differed between those buried in …
An integrative approach to studying plasticity in growth disruption and outcomes
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate how much variation in adult stature and body mass can be explained by growth disruption among soldiers who served in Napoleon's Grand Army during the Russian Campaign of 1812. METHODS: Linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) were recorded as representations of early life growth disruption, while the impact on future growth was assessed using maximum femur length (n = 73) as a proxy for stature and maxim…
New home, new diet? Reconstruction of diet at the 10th century CE Hungarian Conquest period site of Kenézlő-Fazekaszug from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses
The first Hungarians settled the Carpathian Basin in the 9th and 10th centuries CE, during the Hungarian Conquest. The 10th century CE Kenézlő-Fazekaszug is one of several cemeteries from this period that exist across present-day Hungary. Although stable isotope studies have investigated the diet of medieval Europeans, this paper details the first dietary research performed on a Hungarian Conquest period population. Stable carbon and nitrogen iso…
Assessment of nutritional stress in famine burials using stable isotope analysis
Objectives We compared δ 15 N and δ 13 C values from bone and dentine collagen profiles of individuals interred in famine‐related and attritional burials to evaluate whether individuals in medieval London who experienced nutritional stress exhibit enriched nitrogen in bone and tooth tissue. Dentine profiles were evaluated to identify patterns that may be indicative of famine during childhood and were compared with the age of enamel hypoplasia (EH…
In Flux
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope inter‐ and intra‐individual dietary reconstruction from the late 14th to early 18th century site of Alytus, Lithuania
OBJECTIVES: The Baltic region, particularly Lithuania, was a politically vibrant area of Eastern Europe during the medieval and early modern period. To better understand the diet of Lithuanians during the late 14th to early 18th century, we examine stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bone and dentin samples from the site of Alytus. We investigate possible dietary differences based on sex, age, and religious practice, as well as dietary…
Pre-dating paprika
Early childhood diets on the Nile
We explore early childhood dietary patterns in a Late Meroitic (first-fourth century CE) population (N = 11) from Sai Island, Sudan, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in serial samples from permanent first molar dentin. Results suggest an average age of weaning of 2.7 years, but with significant interindividual variation in the timing of weaning, with evidence for a later age at weaning for two females (average 3.5 years) compared with fo…
The transition from foraging to farming (7000–500 cal BC) in the SE Baltic
Reconstructing diet in Napoleon's Grand Army using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis
Objectives Historical evidence has provided information regarding disease and mortality in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army, but dietary information beyond individual soldier accounts remains scarce. The purpose of this research is to reconstruct the diets of Napoleon's multiethnic army who were associated with the Russian Campaign of 1812. Materials and Methods We conducted stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis on femoral bone collage…
Reconstructing Subneolithic and Neolithic diets of the inhabitants of the SE Baltic coast (3100-2500 cal BC) using stable isotope analysis
Growth of the pectoral girdle in a sample of juveniles from the kellis 2 cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
OBJECTIVES: This study investigates growth patterns in the scapula and clavicle in a cross-sectional juvenile skeletal sample ranging from 20 weeks gestation to 8.5 years of age from the Kellis 2 cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. The primary goal is to quantify growth patterns and growth velocities in the scapula and clavicle to better understand the development of the pectoral girdle. METHODS: A series of low-order polynomial regression models was…
Ontogenetic changes in intralimb proportions in a Romano‐Christian period sample from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to document the appearance of adult patterns in intralimb indices during ontogeny in a skeletal sample from the Kellis 2 cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. In addition, this study explores evolvability in intralimb indices to understand relative differences in sensitivity to ecogeographic variables. METHODS: Brachial and crural indices were compared across age cohorts with Welch's ANOVA tests and post-hoc Dun…
Intra- and inter-individual variation in δ13C and δ15N in human dental calculus and comparison to bone collagen and apatite isotopes
An exploration of adult body shape and limb proportions at Kellis 2, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Several studies have shown that the human body generally conforms to the ecogeographical expectations of Bergmann's and Allen's rules; however, recent evidence suggests that these expectations may not hold completely for some populations. Egypt is located at the crossroads of Sub‐Saharan Africa, Southern Europe, and the Near East, and gene flow among groups in these regions may confound ecogeographical patterning. In this study, we test the fit o…
Shattered lives and broken childhoods
Osteogenesis imperfecta in the archeological record
Determination of sex from the hyoid bone
This article explores size differences related to sex in the hyoid bones from the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Collection. A series of measurements were taken from 398 hyoids, both fused and unfused. The inclusion of unfused hyoids in the study provides the opportunity to investigate previously unknown size differences between sexes as well as to determine their utility in determining sex. Two‐way ANOVA was used to explore differences in hyoid size…
Confocal laser scanning microscopy
Evidence of amputation as medical treatment in ancient Egypt
The use of surgical techniques in ancient Egyptian medicine has only been suggested indirectly through ancient medical texts and iconography, and there is no evidence of amputation as a means of therapeutic medical treatment. This paper presents four cases of amputation from the archaeological site of Dayr al-Barshā, Egypt. Two of the cases (dated to the First Intermediate and Middle Kingdom periods, respectively) are from individuals that displa…
Reconstructing infant weaning histories at Roman period Kellis, Egypt using stable isotope analysis of dentition
Studies of infant feeding and weaning patterns in past populations that rely on a cross‐sectional approach must make the assumption that no infant mortality bias exists. Previous investigations of infant weaning patterns at the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, relied on cross‐sectional isotope data. In this study, we re‐examine this weaning pattern, using a simulated longitudinal approach, which does not require any assumptions regarding potential infant mo…
N Enrichment in the Sahara
Strangers in a Strange Land
Infant feeding and weaning practices in Roman Egypt
Current knowledge of infant feeding and weaning practices during the Roman period in Egypt is limited to scanty documentary and iconographic evidence. Stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis provides another avenue to explore this question. A sample of 49 infant and juvenile human skeletal remains from the Kellis 2 cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, was used to determine patterns of infant feeding and weaning. δ 15 N values indicate that s…
Reconstructing infant weaning histories at Roman period Kellis, Egypt using stable isotope analysis of dentition
Studies of infant feeding and weaning patterns in past populations that rely on a cross‐sectional approach must make the assumption that no infant mortality bias exists. Previous investigations of infant weaning patterns at the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, relied on cross‐sectional isotope data. In this study, we re‐examine this weaning pattern, using a simulated longitudinal approach, which does not require any assumptions regarding potential infant mo…
Reconstructing Subneolithic and Neolithic diets of the inhabitants of the SE Baltic coast (3100-2500 cal BC) using stable isotope analysis
The transition from foraging to farming (7000–500 cal BC) in the SE Baltic
Roman Period fetal skeletons from the East Cemetery (Kellis 2) of Kellis, Egypt
Much can be learned about the religious ideology and mortuary patterns as well as the demographic and health profiles of a population from archaeological human fetal skeletons. Fetal skeletons are rare, however, largely due to poor preservation and recovery, misidentification, or non-inclusion in general burial populations. We present an analysis of 82 fetal/perinatal skeletons recovered from Kellis 2, a Roman Period cemetery dated to the third a…
Assessment of nutritional stress in famine burials using stable isotope analysis
Objectives We compared δ 15 N and δ 13 C values from bone and dentine collagen profiles of individuals interred in famine‐related and attritional burials to evaluate whether individuals in medieval London who experienced nutritional stress exhibit enriched nitrogen in bone and tooth tissue. Dentine profiles were evaluated to identify patterns that may be indicative of famine during childhood and were compared with the age of enamel hypoplasia (EH…
Early childhood diets on the Nile
We explore early childhood dietary patterns in a Late Meroitic (first-fourth century CE) population (N = 11) from Sai Island, Sudan, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in serial samples from permanent first molar dentin. Results suggest an average age of weaning of 2.7 years, but with significant interindividual variation in the timing of weaning, with evidence for a later age at weaning for two females (average 3.5 years) compared with fo…
Reconstructing diet in Napoleon's Grand Army using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis
Objectives Historical evidence has provided information regarding disease and mortality in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army, but dietary information beyond individual soldier accounts remains scarce. The purpose of this research is to reconstruct the diets of Napoleon's multiethnic army who were associated with the Russian Campaign of 1812. Materials and Methods We conducted stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis on femoral bone collage…
Intra- and inter-individual variation in δ13C and δ15N in human dental calculus and comparison to bone collagen and apatite isotopes
An exploration of adult body shape and limb proportions at Kellis 2, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Several studies have shown that the human body generally conforms to the ecogeographical expectations of Bergmann's and Allen's rules; however, recent evidence suggests that these expectations may not hold completely for some populations. Egypt is located at the crossroads of Sub‐Saharan Africa, Southern Europe, and the Near East, and gene flow among groups in these regions may confound ecogeographical patterning. In this study, we test the fit o…
Saint-Jean de Todon and Saint-Victor-la-Coste
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope inter‐ and intra‐individual dietary reconstruction from the late 14th to early 18th century site of Alytus, Lithuania
OBJECTIVES: The Baltic region, particularly Lithuania, was a politically vibrant area of Eastern Europe during the medieval and early modern period. To better understand the diet of Lithuanians during the late 14th to early 18th century, we examine stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bone and dentin samples from the site of Alytus. We investigate possible dietary differences based on sex, age, and religious practice, as well as dietary…
Pre-dating paprika
Evidence of amputation as medical treatment in ancient Egypt
The use of surgical techniques in ancient Egyptian medicine has only been suggested indirectly through ancient medical texts and iconography, and there is no evidence of amputation as a means of therapeutic medical treatment. This paper presents four cases of amputation from the archaeological site of Dayr al-Barshā, Egypt. Two of the cases (dated to the First Intermediate and Middle Kingdom periods, respectively) are from individuals that displa…
An Isotopic Exploration of Medieval Nun Diet at Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre, Var, France
L'abbaye cistercienne de Saint-Pierre de l'Almanarre (XIIIe-XIVe siècles apr. J.-C.) et le cimetière associé sont situés, près de Hyères dans le Var. Le cimetière, préexistant à la fondation de l'abbaye, a été occupé par les moniales mais également par la population de laïcs comprenant hommes, femmes et enfants. Des analyses d'isotopes stables du carbone et de l'azote ont été conduites sur un échantillon de sujets provenant du secteur dévolu aux …
New home, new diet? Reconstruction of diet at the 10th century CE Hungarian Conquest period site of Kenézlő-Fazekaszug from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses
The first Hungarians settled the Carpathian Basin in the 9th and 10th centuries CE, during the Hungarian Conquest. The 10th century CE Kenézlő-Fazekaszug is one of several cemeteries from this period that exist across present-day Hungary. Although stable isotope studies have investigated the diet of medieval Europeans, this paper details the first dietary research performed on a Hungarian Conquest period population. Stable carbon and nitrogen iso…
In Flux
Confocal laser scanning microscopy
N Enrichment in the Sahara
Strangers in a Strange Land
The Bone Lady
In her book, The Bone Lady: Life as a Forensic Anthropologist, Mary H. Manhein, the director of the Forensic Anthropology and Computer Enhancement Services [End Page 484] Laboratory (FACES) and an instructor of Anthropology at Louisiana State University, provides a series of autobiographical anecdotes related to her experiences as a professional forensic anthropologist. Intertwined with touches of humor and personal reflection, Manhein describes …
Infant feeding and weaning practices in Roman Egypt
Current knowledge of infant feeding and weaning practices during the Roman period in Egypt is limited to scanty documentary and iconographic evidence. Stable nitrogen and carbon isotope analysis provides another avenue to explore this question. A sample of 49 infant and juvenile human skeletal remains from the Kellis 2 cemetery in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, was used to determine patterns of infant feeding and weaning. δ 15 N values indicate that s…
Roman Period fetal skeletons from the East Cemetery (Kellis 2) of Kellis, Egypt
Much can be learned about the religious ideology and mortuary patterns as well as the demographic and health profiles of a population from archaeological human fetal skeletons. Fetal skeletons are rare, however, largely due to poor preservation and recovery, misidentification, or non-inclusion in general burial populations. We present an analysis of 82 fetal/perinatal skeletons recovered from Kellis 2, a Roman Period cemetery dated to the third a…
Reconstructing infant weaning histories at Roman period Kellis, Egypt using stable isotope analysis of dentition
Studies of infant feeding and weaning patterns in past populations that rely on a cross‐sectional approach must make the assumption that no infant mortality bias exists. Previous investigations of infant weaning patterns at the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt, relied on cross‐sectional isotope data. In this study, we re‐examine this weaning pattern, using a simulated longitudinal approach, which does not require any assumptions regarding potential infant mo…
Confocal laser scanning microscopy
Evidence of amputation as medical treatment in ancient Egypt
The use of surgical techniques in ancient Egyptian medicine has only been suggested indirectly through ancient medical texts and iconography, and there is no evidence of amputation as a means of therapeutic medical treatment. This paper presents four cases of amputation from the archaeological site of Dayr al-Barshā, Egypt. Two of the cases (dated to the First Intermediate and Middle Kingdom periods, respectively) are from individuals that displa…
Determination of sex from the hyoid bone
This article explores size differences related to sex in the hyoid bones from the Robert J. Terry Anatomical Collection. A series of measurements were taken from 398 hyoids, both fused and unfused. The inclusion of unfused hyoids in the study provides the opportunity to investigate previously unknown size differences between sexes as well as to determine their utility in determining sex. Two‐way ANOVA was used to explore differences in hyoid size…
Osteogenesis imperfecta in the archeological record
Shattered lives and broken childhoods
Ontogenetic changes in intralimb proportions in a Romano‐Christian period sample from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study is to document the appearance of adult patterns in intralimb indices during ontogeny in a skeletal sample from the Kellis 2 cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. In addition, this study explores evolvability in intralimb indices to understand relative differences in sensitivity to ecogeographic variables. METHODS: Brachial and crural indices were compared across age cohorts with Welch's ANOVA tests and post-hoc Dun…
Intra- and inter-individual variation in δ13C and δ15N in human dental calculus and comparison to bone collagen and apatite isotopes
An exploration of adult body shape and limb proportions at Kellis 2, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
Several studies have shown that the human body generally conforms to the ecogeographical expectations of Bergmann's and Allen's rules; however, recent evidence suggests that these expectations may not hold completely for some populations. Egypt is located at the crossroads of Sub‐Saharan Africa, Southern Europe, and the Near East, and gene flow among groups in these regions may confound ecogeographical patterning. In this study, we test the fit o…
Growth of the pectoral girdle in a sample of juveniles from the kellis 2 cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt
OBJECTIVES: This study investigates growth patterns in the scapula and clavicle in a cross-sectional juvenile skeletal sample ranging from 20 weeks gestation to 8.5 years of age from the Kellis 2 cemetery, Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. The primary goal is to quantify growth patterns and growth velocities in the scapula and clavicle to better understand the development of the pectoral girdle. METHODS: A series of low-order polynomial regression models was…
The transition from foraging to farming (7000–500 cal BC) in the SE Baltic
Reconstructing diet in Napoleon's Grand Army using stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analysis
Objectives Historical evidence has provided information regarding disease and mortality in Napoleon Bonaparte's Grand Army, but dietary information beyond individual soldier accounts remains scarce. The purpose of this research is to reconstruct the diets of Napoleon's multiethnic army who were associated with the Russian Campaign of 1812. Materials and Methods We conducted stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratio analysis on femoral bone collage…
Reconstructing Subneolithic and Neolithic diets of the inhabitants of the SE Baltic coast (3100-2500 cal BC) using stable isotope analysis
Pre-dating paprika
Early childhood diets on the Nile
We explore early childhood dietary patterns in a Late Meroitic (first-fourth century CE) population (N = 11) from Sai Island, Sudan, using stable carbon and nitrogen isotopes in serial samples from permanent first molar dentin. Results suggest an average age of weaning of 2.7 years, but with significant interindividual variation in the timing of weaning, with evidence for a later age at weaning for two females (average 3.5 years) compared with fo…
Stable carbon and nitrogen isotope inter‐ and intra‐individual dietary reconstruction from the late 14th to early 18th century site of Alytus, Lithuania
OBJECTIVES: The Baltic region, particularly Lithuania, was a politically vibrant area of Eastern Europe during the medieval and early modern period. To better understand the diet of Lithuanians during the late 14th to early 18th century, we examine stable carbon and nitrogen isotope ratios from bone and dentin samples from the site of Alytus. We investigate possible dietary differences based on sex, age, and religious practice, as well as dietary…
Assessment of nutritional stress in famine burials using stable isotope analysis
Objectives We compared δ 15 N and δ 13 C values from bone and dentine collagen profiles of individuals interred in famine‐related and attritional burials to evaluate whether individuals in medieval London who experienced nutritional stress exhibit enriched nitrogen in bone and tooth tissue. Dentine profiles were evaluated to identify patterns that may be indicative of famine during childhood and were compared with the age of enamel hypoplasia (EH…
In Flux
An integrative approach to studying plasticity in growth disruption and outcomes
OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to investigate how much variation in adult stature and body mass can be explained by growth disruption among soldiers who served in Napoleon's Grand Army during the Russian Campaign of 1812. METHODS: Linear enamel hypoplasia (LEH) were recorded as representations of early life growth disruption, while the impact on future growth was assessed using maximum femur length (n = 73) as a proxy for stature and maxim…
New home, new diet? Reconstruction of diet at the 10th century CE Hungarian Conquest period site of Kenézlő-Fazekaszug from stable carbon and nitrogen isotope analyses
The first Hungarians settled the Carpathian Basin in the 9th and 10th centuries CE, during the Hungarian Conquest. The 10th century CE Kenézlő-Fazekaszug is one of several cemeteries from this period that exist across present-day Hungary. Although stable isotope studies have investigated the diet of medieval Europeans, this paper details the first dietary research performed on a Hungarian Conquest period population. Stable carbon and nitrogen iso…
Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (18 obras) · Biology (18 obras) · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies (16 obras) · Geography (14 obras) · Medicine (14 obras) · Archaeology (11 obras) · Demography (10 obras) · Isotope Analysis in Ecology (10 obras) · Isotope analysis (8 obras) · Stable isotope ratio (8 obras)