Mandy Jay

TL;DR: The data from this study suggest a more complex situation than previously proposed and the potential for a new approach to the study of maternal and infant health in past populations.

TL;DR: The range of isotope values for the adult human group as a whole is small, indicating that the diet is likely to have been consistent over time and across the population, although two individuals stand out as unusual amongst the 62 analysed.

TL;DR: The results suggest an unusual situation at Wetwang Slack, with neither the nitrogen nor the carbon isotope ratios conforming to expectations when compared with the putative mothers, and the divergence is interpreted to be due to restricted breastfeeding and the early introduction of supplementary foods.

TL;DR: This research represents the largest and most detailed application of δ 34 S analysis to examine dietary practices (including breastfeeding and weaning patterns) during the Romano-British Period and suggests a greater dietary variability for the inhabitants of Roman Oxfordshire than previously thought.

TL;DR: A geostatistical model to predict human skeletal oxygen isotope values (δ18Op) in Britain is presented here based on a new dataset of Chalcolithic and Early Bronze Age human teeth, avoiding the complex conversions from skeletal to water δ18O values–a process known to be problematic.