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| Robert HedgesSummaryAffiliation: University of Oxford Country: UK Publications
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Archaeology: sharp shift in diet at onset of NeolithicMichael P Richards
Department of Archaeological Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford BD7 1DP, UK
Nature 425:366. 2003
Correspondence between human diet, body composition and stable isotopic composition of hair and breath in Fijian villagersRobert Hedges
Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Isotopes Environ Health Stud 45:1-17. 2009....
Collagen turnover in the adult femoral mid-shaft: modeled from anthropogenic radiocarbon tracer measurementsRobert E M Hedges
Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Am J Phys Anthropol 133:808-16. 2007..4) Human femoral bone collagen isotopically reflects an individual's diet over a much longer period of time than 10 years, including a substantial portion of collagen synthesised during adolescence...
Where does our protein carbon come from?Robert Hedges
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Br J Nutr 95:1031-2. 2006
Trans-Atlantic slavery: isotopic evidence for forced migration to BarbadosHannes Schroeder
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Am J Phys Anthropol 139:547-57. 2009..Instead, the data seem to suggest that they originated from at least three different areas, possibly including the Gold Coast and the Senegambia...
Analysis of amino acid 13C abundance from human and faunal bone collagen using liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometryJames S O McCullagh
University of Oxford, Research Laboratory for Archaeology, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 20:2761-8. 2006....
Amino acid delta13C analysis of hair proteins and bone collagen using liquid chromatography/isotope ratio mass spectrometry: paleodietary implications from intra-individual comparisonsMaanasa Raghavan
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, Dyson Perrins Building, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 24:541-8. 2010..This application proposes that hair may be a useful complementary or alternative source of compound-specific paleodietary information...
Archaeological verification: Puzzling out the pastRobert Hedges
Research Laboratory for Archaeology, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, UK
Nature 422:667. 2003
Carbon isotope analysis of bulk keratin and single amino acids from British and North American hairJames S O McCullagh
University of Oxford, Research Laboratory for Archaeology, 6 Keble Road, Oxford, OX1 3QJ, UK
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19:3227-31. 2005..2 per thousand in the UK and 7.9 per thousand in the USA. Dispensable and indispensable amino acids, as well as all individual amino acids measured, were enriched in samples from the USA compared with those from the UK...
Stable isotope variation in wool as a means to establish Turkish carpet provenanceRobert E M Hedges
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, UK
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19:3187-91. 2005..The results also provide additional insight into the natural variation found in archaeological faunal isotopic values, e.g. in bone collagen...
Nitrogen balance and delta15N: why you're not what you eat during nutritional stressBenjamin T Fuller
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, UK
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19:2497-506. 2005..Potential applications of this research include the development of diagnostic techniques for tracking eating disorders, disease states, and nitrogen balance in archaeological, medical, and forensic cases...
Nitrogen balance and delta15N: why you're not what you eat during pregnancyBenjamin T Fuller
Research Laboratory for Archaeology and the History of Art, University of Oxford, 6 Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3QJ, UK
Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 18:2889-96. 2004..A potential application of this technique is the detection of fertility patterns in modern and ancient species that have tissues that linearly record stable isotope ratios through time...
Predicting diet, trophic level and palaeoecology from bone stable isotope analysis: a comparative study of five red deer populationsRhiannon E Stevens
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham, NG7 2RD, UK
Oecologia 149:12-21. 2006....
Preparative separation of underivatized amino acids for compound-specific stable isotope analysis and radiocarbon dating of hydrolyzed bone collagenJennifer A Tripp
Department of Chemistry, University of Scranton, Loyola Hall of Science, Scranton, PA 18510, USA
J Sep Sci 29:41-8. 2006..The method produces single amino acids with little or no contamination from the separation process and allows for the measurement of accurate stable isotope ratios and pure samples for radiocarbon dating...
Direct dating of archaeological pottery by compound-specific 14C analysis of preserved lipidsAndrew W Stott
Organic Geochemistry Unit, Biogeochemistry Research Centre, School of Chemistry, University of Bristol, Cantock's Close, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK
Anal Chem 75:5037-45. 2003..These findings constitute an important step forward to the direct dating of archaeological pottery...
