Bioarchaeology

Stable isotope analyses (C, N, O and Sr) have been for a relatively long time used in geochemistry, geochronology and geology. The Strontium isotopes ratio (87Sr/86Sr) is used in geology for example for a dating of sea sediments and intrusive igneous rocks...

Teeth cementum microstructures analysis is often used for an age determination of humans and animals. The cementum grows during the entire life of an individual. The cementum growths are studied on thin sections, which are made in the first third of a tooth root. Roots...

Anthropological analyses of human bones consist of a field part and a laboratory part. Field anthropological analyses include evaluation of so-called positional transformations, which enable a reconstruction of primary burial position or at least a detection, whether a body was deposited in a primary hollow...