Isotopic and dental evidence for infant and young child feeding practices in an imperial Roman skeletal sample

L. Prowse, Tracy; R. Saunders, Shelley; P. Schwarcz, Henry; Garnsey, Peter; Macchiarelli, Roberto; Bondioli, Luca

doi:10.1002/ajpa.20870

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Isotopic and dental evidence for infant and young child feeding practices in an imperial Roman skeletal sample

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Tracy L. Prowse

Shelley R. Saunders

Henry P. Schwarcz

Abstract

Abstract This study integrates isotopic, palaeopathological, and historical evidence to investigate infant and young child feeding practices in a Roman period (1st to 3rd centuries AD) skeletal sample from the Isola Sacra necropolis (Rome, Italy). Stable isotope analysis of bone collagen from 37 rib...

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