Strontium isotopic composition in human skeletal remains as a reflection of migration and mobility

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ID4683934
AuthorsM V Dobrovolskaya (0000-0001-9695-4199, corresponding author), A A Strokov (0000-0002-8806-6834), A L Smirnov (0000-0003-2221-8011), A Nelyubov (0000-0002-1533-2409), S A Nelyubov
Year2025
Issue2(69
Pages125-136
Publication date2025-06-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueVestnik arheologii, antropologii i ètnografii (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1811-7465 • E-ISSN: 2071-0437
PublisherTyumen Scientific Center of the SB RAS (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.20874/2071-0437-2025-69-2-11
OpenAlexW4411189196
LanguageEN
References cited34

The article presents a brief overview of the research into strontium isotopic composition of bioarchaeological materials and variations of bioavailable strontium, as well as several large generalizing database resources (Isotòpia, IsoArcH, CIMA), which provide published open access individual data accompanied by context charac-teristics and geographical coordinates. The datasets allow not only discussion of migration activity, but also ob-servation of the dynamics of trade routes of materials of biological origin. The insufficient and uneven study of strontium isotopic composition in the environment and archaeological sites of the regions of the European part of Russia, nevertheless, allows assessing the existence of major geographical trends. We have described the direc-tional dynamics of the increase in the proportion of radiogenic strontium isotope in its bioavailable forms and bioarchaeological materials from the south to the northwest, which is probably related to the spread of Late Pleis-tocene moraine and glacial sediments in general. The experience of such a dataset is useful in the study of popu-lations of mixed origin (battlefields, communities of Medieval towns, etc.). The study of individual variability in the isotopic composition of tooth enamel marks human mobility during childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood. The analysis of these dynamics is important for the characterization of migration activity and is based on the as-sessment of intra-group variability in strontium isotopic composition. As such, those research formats that can be successfully implemented in the context of limited and unevenly studied background dynamics of bioavailable strontium are characterized

Archaeology · Earth science · Geochemistry · Geography · Isotopes of strontium · Physical geography · Radiogenic nuclide · Strontium · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Chemistry · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology

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