Europe’s earliest inter-regional conflict?
Analysis of arrowheads from Bronze Age Europe is uncovering new details about an ancient battle that took place in the Tollense Valley.
strontium-isotope analysis
Science Notes: Using incremental strontium isotope analysis to recreate subsistence ranges
Strontium isotope analysis has become a standard in mobility research, featuring in many post-excavation analyses of human and animal remains. While ‘typical’ strontium analysis is able to tell us much about movement in the past, new techniques are being applied…
Re-examination of the Colchester Vase reveals it was made locally
The vase was found in a grave, located outside Roman Colchester, having been reused as a cremation urn.
First evidence that Vikings travelled with animals across the North Sea
Previously it had been thought that Vikings probably pillaged such animals from British populations on their arrival.
Redrawing the strontium isotope map for the south-west of England
Strontium (Sr) isotope analysis has been used in archaeology for several decades now to assess movement and migration at both the individual and population level. To be as accurate as possible, however, it requires a strong baseline knowledge of the biologically available strontium in the regions from which the samples are likely to have originated.
Vampires or victims?
The 17th- to 18th-century graves contain features designed to stop the deceased returning after death, such as a sickle across the neck or body, and a stone beneath the chin.